Pulling the Strings

She was a miracle worker. With her puppets, Sarah Lang had a rare talent for coaxing troubled kids out of themselves. Yet she herself remained hidden. Hadn't she come to New Hampshire to be alone? Commitment was the last thing she wanted, but Zach Woodward, founder and director of the Center for Autistic Children, was determined to add her to his full-time staff First it was a direct offer, then the promise of a charming faculty house, then the searing kisses she could neither accept nor resist. Was he merely a master manipulator intent on pulling her strings, or did he really care? Had she, like the children she worked with, locked herself out of the real world and into the world of fantasy, no longer daring to feel, not daring to dream of love?