The Grief Syndrome:Love is sorrow. Love is death. Everyone Scott Dunn ever loved is dead: his wife, his children, his grandchildren. Drowning in grief, he swears he'll never get close to anyone else. But a call for help sends him to Boulder, Colorado where he teams up with a woman and her pet ferret to rescue a woman from cryonic freeze and thwart an assassination. It's a journey that will bring him face-to-face with his ultimate fear: losing someone he loves...again.Street Beat:Workaholic journalist Karen Dare is covering the story of a serial killer, the Sandman, which sidelines everything else in her life, including a potential but pushy suitor. When a jealous and malicious co-worker betrays her, and the Sandman sets out to kill her, Karen suddenly realizes how shallow her life has become. Her only salvation, a ranch in the mountains and a handsome cowboy named Jake. But it will take more than journalistic savvy to save her from the Sandman. It'll take a piece of her heart.