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"Panoramic setting & hope of life-altering love make this another winner."
Reviewed by Lory Martin
Posted September 20, 2004

For a last chance to save himself, Nate Burke came to Lunacy, Alaska, to take the job of Chief of Police. Racked with guilt over the death of his previous partner with the Baltimore Police Department, he's searching for something to live for. Then Meg Galloway kisses him on New Read more...

"Lunacy Alaska and its Lunatics"
Reviewed by Barb Hicks
Posted October 5, 2004

Nate Burgess was a good cop with the Baltimore PD. When his partner and best friend is gunned down and he is seriously wounded, Nate finds it difficult to care about his life again, much less his job in Homicide. When he is offered the job of Chief of Police for a Read more...

"Electrifying romantic suspense"
Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted October 5, 2004

Baltimore Police Officer Nate Burke is in the dumps due to the break up of his marriage so his partner Jack takes him on a night on the town. When they are ready to go home, they see a drug deal going down so they go to arrest the Read more...

Summary

Lunacy was Nate Burke's last chance. As a Baltimore cop, he'd watched his partner die on the street—and the guilt still haunts him. With nowhere else to go, he accepts the job as Chief of Police in this tiny, remote Alaskan town. Aside from sorting out a run-in between a couple of motor vehicles and a moose, he finds his first weeks on the job are relatively quiet. But just as he wonders whether this has been all a big mistake, an unexpected kiss on New Year's Eve under the brilliant Northern Lights of the Alaska sky lifts his spirit and convinces him to stay just a little longer.

Meg Galloway, born and raised in Lunacy, is used to being alone. She was a young girl when her father disappeared, and she has learned to be independent, flying her small plane, living on the outskirts of town with just her huskies for company. After her New Year's kiss with the Chief of Police, she allows herself to give in to passion—while remaining determined to keep things as simple as possible. But there's something about Nate's sad eyes that gets under her skin and warms her frozen heart.

And now, things in Lunacy are heating up. Years ago, on one of the majestic mountains shadowing the town, a crime occurred that is unsolved to this day—and Nate suspects that a killer still walks the snowy streets. His investigation will unearth the secrets and suspicions that lurk beneath the placid surface, as well as bring out the big-city survival instincts that made him a cop in the first place. And his discovery will threaten the new life—and the new love—that he has finally found for himself.