Having just moved from Atlanta, Lacy Green is plodding through her first Michigan snow storm when she's rear-ended and sent sliding down an icy embankment.

Mayor Drake Randolph is horrified when his driver hits a car, causing it to slide into the ditch. Without stopping to think, Drake runs to the aid of the injured motorist. What he finds is a beautiful woman he can't seem to get out of his mind.

Lacy's position as assistant director of Detroit's Environmental Protection Department's enforcement division places her just two floors below the Mayor, and the proximity is making her tingle. When an investigation into illegal dumping has them working closer together, sparks fly.

For a romantic suspense, I found BLACK LACE very hard to get into with a slow-moving plot. And I never could identify with the characters or their relationship.