Ten years ago, Tessa Scuderi lost everything she cared about in one night. Just as her mother was killed in a car accident while fleeing her burning store, the love of Tessa's life, Dermot "Finn" Finnegan, was skipping town -- in her beloved car. Love-less, mother-less and car-less, Tessa faced the prospect of raising her 10-year-old sister, Izzy, alone. Then she loses Izzy, too. Determined to get her back, Tessa changes her life and becomes a model citizen. After three long years, Izzy is returned to Tessa, but any impropriety by Tessa will have Izzy snatched away again. The one thing Tessa knows will get Izzy taken away again is the last prank she pulled with Finn, so she concocts stories about Finn that are sure to keep suspicion away from him...and her. But turning Finn into a saint has done little to ease the anger she feels toward him, or the longing. When she walks outside to find her car sitting in the driveway, she knows his return is bound to bring heartache.

All Finn wants to do is leave Tessa's car and get the heck out of town. He has no intention of facing her, his brother Joe or his uncle Max, but the rental car that's supposed to be here for him is nowhere to be found. He's sure his boss, Babs, is up to something since she's a sucker for happy endings. But Finn knows the town is sure to hate him after the stunts he pulled in the past. As he's trying to contact Babs, he realizes the building he's leaning against is on fire. It's a pet store, and Finn valiantly saves the animals, even though the whole town will now realize he's back. But the joke's on Finn when everyone acts happy to see him.

When Finn sees Tessa again, he realizes that he's carried a flame for her since he left, and now he's been warned not to leave town until the fire investigation is over. As Tessa informs him about the lies she told about him, Finn finds himself wanting to be the man she describes, the man she believes he can become. But someone is setting the fires, and now that Izzy is looking into her mother's death, this person is determined to stop her. Will Finn and Tessa be able to rekindle their love, or will they all go up in flames?

A page-turning love story with a twist of suspense, THE COMEBACK KISS is a must-read.