MINE UNTIL DAWN

Jade Satchel, the heroine

Born with an arrhythmia, an abnormal heart rhythm, art historian Jade grew up pampered and protected by her wealthy family.  Recovering from a bad marriage, she has copped a new attitude and a kick-ass wardrobe.  But none of that prepares her for Vince Knight. 

Within days of walking into her life, Vince accuses her mother of stealing his family heirloom and propositions Jade.   Through a chain of events, they end up working together to find the missing heirloom and thwart the efforts of an avid collector of beautiful and rare, a man who'll do anything to own both Jade and Vince's family heirloom.

Vince Knight, the hero

Vince Knight is a man shaped by his traumatic past.  Raised by a single parent who battled epilepsy most of his childhood, rejected by his father after her death, he insulates himself against being hurt again by keeping people at a distance. 

When a priceless family heirloom is stolen, he agrees to find it and prove to his father that he's the better man, that the past doesn't matter to him anymore.  Then he meets Jade, a woman who challenges everything he's ever believed and systematically storms through his defenses.  But the more he opens up to her , the more vulnerable he becomes to his father's manipulation and a nemesis with a twisted mind.  Vince's past and present collides when he has to choose between his father and the approval he'd always wanted and Jade, the woman he can't live without.

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Ron Noble, the hero

Twenty years ago, fire fighter Ron Noble’s father died while rescuing a ten-year-old girl from a fire at Carlyle House.  But the heroic deed was shadowed by rumors that he’d started that fire and a few more before it. 

Now, Ron receives new evidence that could clear his father’s name, and the one person who can confirm it is the girl his father had rescued.  Unfortunately, the girl has become a beautiful temptress who is determined to make things very difficult for him.  

 Ashley Satchel, the heroine

Ashley Satchel is finally going to fulfill her parent’s dream of starting a commune for artists.  She can’t believe her luck when Carlyle House, the very house her parents had chosen, is up for sale.  Then she learns that the son of the owner of Carlyle House refuses to sell it to her unless she helps him solve the mystery of what happened the night of the fire.  Ashley does not intend to revisit that traumatic event, until she learns that the fire was started to cover up the murders of her parents.

Unaware of Ron’s true motive, Ashley joins forces with Ron in an effort to find her parents’ killers.  But the two soon find themselves against a foe hell-bent on silencing anyone who was at Carlyle House the night of the fire. 

With the body count on the rise and shocking revelations at every turn, it takes these two a near-death experience for them to realize that believing in each other is more important than events from the past.

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