Sharon Sala 
Deep in the Heart 

Samantha Carlyle knows someone is watching hersomeone who wants her dead. So she runs to the safety of her tiny Texas hometown, and to the sweet, haunting memories of John Thomas Knight. A dedicated small-town sheriff as tender as he is tough, John Thomas was Samantha’s best friend, her first loveand now he is her only chance. Fate has carried them down different roads, but the fire has never diedand the passion flares white-hot the moment their eyes meet again. But this time Samantha must trust the proud, strong, devastatingly handsome lawman with more than her heartshe must trust him with her life. Because there is another man who wants her, and he’s waiting for the right time to strike. And the next sweet, sensuous kiss she and John Thomas share could well be Samantha’s last.