Stacy knows something is wrong, Nick's behaviour has changed, he's become insular and often absent from home, she misses his company. Perhaps she is exerting too much pressure on him, making their relationship taut. Some mutual attention is required but fate plays a deft hand.One evening they argue whilst driving to a restaurant, Nick's concentration is broken then the car veers off the road, collides with a tree and settles on an embankment. Nick is critically injured . Stacy is guilt ridden, which spills into her friends lives, generating an unexpected backlash.Life is complicated by her friends, with whose company she had found solace and joy. Their activities and social meetings had been full of vitality, compensating for the lack of attention from her partner Nick.Someone though, has taken exception to Stacy's seemingly insensitive behaviour, it is serious and getting destructive! Stacy is desperate enough to engage Luke Adams to investigate the source of this malicious vendetta.This the first book in a collection of contemporary themed novellas, involving strong sensitive women in dangerous surroundings, mixed with some romantic interest, a mystery, thriller suspense with strong psychological influences. Truly the ticket for lovers of women's fiction with that extra emotional bite.