Diana Braund Knihy

As a cop, she was trained to take control of every situation. As a woman, she couldn't control her runaway heart. Fleeing her painful past, Christina Reynolds hopes to find peace by moving to an isolated house in rural Maine. But the solitude she sought so desperately is soon disturbed by suspicious noises, crank calls, and signs of trespassing. When the local police write the incidents off as products of an overactive female imagination, the distraught Christina turns to Forest Ranger Miki Jamieson for help. The first woman in her agency to make sergeant, Miki is unmatched when it comes to tracking poachers and dealing with the dangers of life in the wilderness. But dangers of the heart are another matter, for beneath Miki's six-foot tall, rugged exterior is a shy, sensitive women who has opened up to few people - and trusts even fewer. As the threats escalate, the frightened Christina seeks the safe refuge of Mikie's arms. But does Christina only need her as a protector ... or want her as a lover?"--Page [4] of cover

When her lover Dana accepts a long-term assignment on a foreign shore, physician Jackie Claymont finds her quiet life in rural Maine abruptly transformed by two newcomers: each a nurse, each interested in romance, each capable of changing Jackie's world forever. Kind Joni's warm presence challenges Jackie to question her loyalty to far-away Dana, while lusty Carin -- a married woman -- takes a direct approach in her quest to inspire the doctor's passion. Jackie's private drama becomes suddenly public when Carin files a sexual harassment complaint that draws the attention of Jackie's colleagues, patients, and neighbors. Another woman would flee in shame, but Jackie Claymont does not quietly disappear; instead she stays to fight for her reputation, her career, and ultimately, for the right to love the woman she chooses. But which one does she love?