Hearts Awakened

Its not the past that wounds usits the ghosts we hold on to. A lifetime ago Mark Cooks pregnant wife vanished, taking everything and leaving an empty, aching hole in his life. Since then, as penance for his failure as a husband and father, hes refused to allow himself to live. Refused to lay his sleeping heart on the line for any woman. Enter Tori Calvert, his best friends baby sister. Suddenly, against his willand against his better judgmentthat same damaged heart seems determined to reawaken. And Marks not sure he can withstand the pain. When she was a teenager, a vicious attack ripped away Toris very essence as a woman. Finally she feels ready to focus her existence on something other than her job as a rape crisis counselor. And to step outside the shelter of her loving, protective family. She trusts Mark more than any man, yet fear holds her back. Fear that even the healing light of love may not be enough to banish the shadows of the past.