The Waterfall

A young widow facing a mysterious threat calls on a security expert from her husband's past in this politically charged romantic suspense novel.Three years after her husband's death, Lucy Blacker Swift is finally rebuilding her life. After leaving the cutthroat world of Washington, she and her two children are starting over in a quaint Vermont farmhouse. But now unexplained events--late-night hang-ups, a bullet through a window--are threatening her family. Unwilling to contact her father-in-law, Senator Swift, Lucy tracks down the security expert her husband once told her about.Sebastian Redwing wants nothing to do with Lucy's problems . . . or with a woman he's been half in love with since her wedding day. But he won't break his promise to protect her. He soon finds himself drawn into a dangerous tangle of blackmail, vengeance and betrayal, where Lucy's powerful family--and Sebastian's troubled past--are impossible to escape.