ISBN-13: 9781463623838 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 352 str.
Paula Cooper, a paralegal from Georgetown, SC, gets into serious trouble when working for an attorney, J. Thomas Denby. She is asked to participate in a blackmail plot. Reluctantly, she attends Judge Parks' annual Christmas party in Charleston, SC, where her mission is to entice the justice, who is separated from his wife, into an incriminating embrace, but before she can complete the task things go terribly wrong. The love of Paula's boyfriend, Jim Roberts, an antique dealer that she met the previous summer, is tested because of what she has done. She faces criminal charges and the possibility of losing her boyfriend. The FBI investigative team of Dibbs and Mendez are assigned the case and discover that there are many suspects in a double murder. The suspenseful intrigue is captivating as they attempt to apprehend an elusive assassin within the picturesque, "Holy City," of Charleston. Paula provides assistance to the authorities as she seeks redemption from her bad decision and tries to keep her special man.