High Noon

<p>police Lieutenant Phoebe Macnamara Found Her Calling At An Early Age, When A Violently Unstable Man Broke Into Her Family&rsquo;s Home, Trapping And Terrorizing Them For Hours. Now She&rsquo;s Savannah&rsquo;s Top Hostage Negotiator, Who Puts Her Life On The Line Every Day To Defuse Powder-keg Situations. Phoebe Knows When To Reach Out And When To Pull Back - And When To Jump In And Take Action, Even If It Means Risking Everything.<p>it&rsquo;s Satisfying Work - And Sometimes Those Skills Come In Handy At Home When Phoebe Deals With Her Agoraphobic Mother, Still Traumatized By The Break-in After All These Years, And Her Precocious Seven-year-old Daughter, Carly.<p>it&rsquo;s Exactly That Heady Combination Of Steely Courage And Sensitivity That First Attracts Duncan Swift To Phoebe. After Watching Her Talk One Of His Employees Off A Roof Ledge, He Is Committed To Keeping This Intriguing, Take-charge Woman In His Life. Phoebe&rsquo;s Used To Working Solo, But She&rsquo;s Finding That No Amount Of Negotiation Can Keep Duncan At Arm&rsquo;s Length.<p>when She&rsquo;s Grabbed By A Man Who Throws A Hood Over Her Head And Brutally Assaults Her - In Her Own Precinct House - Phoebe Can&rsquo;t Help Being Deeply Shaken. And When Threatening Messages Appear On Her Doorstep, She&rsquo;s Not Just Alarmed But Frustrated. How Do You Go Face-to-face With An Opponent Who Refuses To Look You In The Eye?<p>now, With Duncan Backing Her Up Every Step Of The Way, She Must Establish Contact With The Faceless Tormentor Who Is Determined To Make Her A Hostage To Fear - Before She Becomes The Final Showdown.<br></p><h3>publishers Weekly</h3><p><p>at The Start Of This Scintillating Slice Of Romantic Suspense From Prolific Bestseller Roberts (<i>sweet Revenge</i>), Lt. Phoebe Macnamara, The Chief Hostage Negotiator For The Savannah, Ga., Pd, Meets Duncan Swift, A Sports Bar Owner, As They Both Try To Prevent A Suicidal Bartender Duncan Fired From Jumping Off A Roof On St. Patrick's Day. In The Aftermath, A Romance Develops Between Phoebe And Duncan, Though In Typical Roberts Style The Enigmatic Phoebe's Devotion To Career And Family, Who Include A Young Daughter And An Agoraphobic Mother, Creates Tension In Their Relationship. After Phoebe Survives A Vicious Attack Within Her Own Precinct House By An Unknown Assailant, It Becomes Clear That Someone Is Intent On Harming Phoebe And Those Close To Her. A Courageous Protagonist, Deft Plotting And The Sultry Savannah Backdrop All Add Up To Another Winner For Consummate Storyteller Roberts.<i> (july)</i></p>copyright 2007 Reed Business Information</p>