Night Heat

PASSION'S TORMENT

Two years ago, Lainie Hall had testified against a notorious underworld criminal and sent him to prison. But she put that behind her when Lainie Hall "died" and "Amanda Howe" was born. She acquired a new identity, a new job and a new life in Chicago.

Then the calls started. Someone had found her. Suddenly she was on the run with ruthless CIA agent Jake Callahan. She was bound by peril to this gruff, cold agent whose eyes flashed with his mistrust of her. Racing through the icy Wisconsin countryside, they began to share more than cheap motels and tacky diners. They were running from danger--and from the fierce, unwanted desire raging in their hearts.