Homeplace

Fighting legal battles eighty hours a week has left Raine Cantrell burned out and empty. Although she once dreamed that success might make her absent father take notice, the high-powered big-city lawyer now finds herself feeling very alone. Then she gets an urgent call from three kids in trouble in her hometown, and suddenly Raine is returning to face unresolved feelings, unhealed wounds -- and an unexpected desire.Sheriff Jack O'Halloran, a man with a tragedy in his past and a six-year-old daughter to raise alone, has three teens barricaded inside a house and the media clamoring for a story. He isn't ready for Raine to invade his territory -- or his thoughts. And Raine isn't ready for anyone to touch her heart.Unable to deny their attraction to each other, they decide to have a simple affair. But they discover that love is rarely simple -- and that lives can change forever in a heartbeat.Ross, JoAnn is the author of 'Homeplace', published 1999 under ISBN 9781568958118 and ISBN 1568958110.