Something is wrong with teacher Julia Talbot's favorite
second-grader, the mayor's son Brian. Seeing the outgoing
little boy become increasingly anxious and withdrawn, she
suspects problems at home, inside the mansion of a high-
profile political family. But even Julia doesn't know the
real truth. Venture capitalist Connor Stratford, the boy's
powerful uncle, does.
Intrigued by Julia, Connor plans a campaign of seduction
designed to keep her from snooping -- and to get her into
his bed. Yet Julia has already learned too much. As danger
bears down on her like a runaway freight train, Brian
vanishes, and a desperate hunt to find him draws Julia
deeper into a family's secrets and an irresistible
passion -- and closer to a place where a child's future,
and her own fate, hang in the balance.