In the third book of the Colorado Dreams series, romance and suspense truly do collide when another Pinecrest, Colorado detective comes face to face with his past. Connor, from Dream Stalker, lends a hand with some research and moral support. Still, it's a bumpy ride through Pinecrest and the foothills as Sam tries to make peace with the pain our heroine caused him. Pinecrest, Colorado Detective Sam Callaghan doesn't know it, but he's walking into the weekend from hell. The sniper he stops while running an errand turns out to be the upside of the long Memorial weekend he faces. His past and present collide in a gut-wrenching crash when the only person injured by the sniper, turns out to be the last person he ever expected to see again. Even worse is the battle raging inside him; having despised her for so long, how can he still want her? Nine years after Pinecrest's princess on the hill, Katrina Stokes left without a trace; she's back. Unable to deny a request from her estranged mother, she takes a chance to meet with her and explain why she disappeared. But the reunion is not to be. Instead, a sniper's bullet finds Rina as she dives to rescue a child. Seeing Sam take out the sniper, Rina knows she has to disappear again before he or anyone else recognizes her. His life and that of their son depend on it.