A captivating tale that expertly blends romance, mystery, and legal suspense elements. Carol Thompson for Reader's Favorite 5-star review Susanna Bailey, a fish-out-of-water Washington, D.C. court reporter, throws herself into her work after her husband's untimely death. Work is her safe haven until she finds herself caught in a treacherous web of espionage and wrongdoing that takes her from D.C. to Annapolis to Toronto, Canada. To complicate matters, she falls for sexy, dangerous Naval Intelligence Officer Robert Crowell. Confronted with the unwelcome prospect of opening her heart again, she resists for where love blooms, heartbreak is sure to follow. Robert is sworn to secrecy about his true mission, but Susanna needs to trust him to disentangle herself from danger in this tale of redemption and d second chances. It's not that he's a younger man, but that he's possibly one spy too many.