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"Terse romantic suspense"
Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted January 1, 2004

In Detroit, Michigan, Sarita Grayson receives an eviction notice that will shut down her outreach gym as the city is selling the abandoned warehouse she has used. Realtor Fletcher Harris offers to fund the down payment towards the building purchase if Sarita picks up a package for him. Read more...

"Unique, fresh and intriguing romantic suspense."
Reviewed by Anne Barringer
Courtesy Old Book Barn Gazette
Posted February 1, 2004

What does a modern-day Cinderella do when she's got to battle City Hall, and meet the needs of a community center short on just about everything? Sarita Grayson sets out to do whatever it takes to keep a roof over the heads of the community about which she cares deeply. Read more...

Summary

If she hadn't been desperate, Sarita Grayson would never have made a deal with the devil. That was only her first mistake . . . The future of her neighborhood center and its kids is in jeopardy unless Sarita retrieves a fortune in diamonds for a gang lord. But when her escape is interrupted by a mysterious stranger, she makes her second mistake -- and bullets fly. Catching a gorgeous black woman in the middle of his sting operation threw Mykal Chandler off his guard -- and into the path of a bullet. Now Mykal, as head of a covert government agency, is determined to find the desperate beauty who left him with a superficial wound, a million questions, and a deep,yearning desire to learn her identity. Because Sarita has stumbled into something so dark and deadly, Mykal is her only way out . . .