P.R. whiz Tess O'Mara is burned out. She's looking for a
change. Something wild and crazy. The year 2000 has
arrived. And that's when the trouble begins. A computer
glitch has deposited one million dollars into her bank
account. Problem is, it's somebody else's money, somebody
who's willing to kill to find it—and Tess has already
spent a big chunk of it on a new wardrobe and a powder-
blue Mercedes convertible. Suddenly Tess is running for
her life, as fast and as far as she can go . . .
. . . until she reaches the sleepy desert town of Almost,
Arizona. Sheriff Jake McCall, a dead ringer for Mel
Gibson, is there to catch her as she careens into town and
collapses from heatstroke in his arms. Jake's prepared for
anything—except the spoiled city slicker with trouble in
her wake. The last thing he expects is to fall for her.
But as danger tracks Tess to her door, something
unexpected happens that will transform two very different
people, and one dusty, dead-end town, forever . . .