New York Times bestselling author Linda Lael Miller turns up the heat in this sizzling tale of suspense and re-kindled passions set against the blazing skies of Arizonas lush desert landscape -- where a killer is determined to exact his revenge. When hard-working attorney Clare Westbrook learns that her ambulance-chasing boss has been murdered, shes shocked -- but not exactly surprised. Harvey Kredd was known for his less-than-ethical business dealings, and even his acts of generosity were tinged with greed Clare, working at Kredd and Associates to pay off the law school loan Harvey had granted her several years before, knows shes got no choice indentured servitude, twenty-first-century style. But Harveys death doesnt let Clare out of her contract with the firm instead it brings her a new, odious multimillionaire client, and Tony Sonterra, homicide detective and local heartthrob, whos not above using a murder investigation to get back into Clares life.