From the bestselling author Mary Jo Putney comes an emotionally charged story of a man and a woman brought together by a passion for justice, a hunger to change, and a ... Twist of Fate

Summary

Corporate law has given Val Covington high profile success—and no time for a life. Recklessly, she walks away from her uptown job and starts her own practice, determined to do work that matters. Renting a remodeled church gives her an added bonus in the form of her landlord. Rob Smith is the kind of guy Val is always attracted to: mysterious, handsome and haunted. Which means, based on her track record, that he is also a loser; but this time, she's smart enough to avoid involvement with the wrong man.

Then Val's assistant makes a desperate plea for help in saving her one-time lover from being executed for a crime he didn't' commit. Val agrees to try, but success seems impossible. Then Rob, who has private reasons for wanting to work with Val, offers his formidable investigative skills in the quest of justice. Working against the clock, Rob and Val discover irresistible passion as well a s long hidden secrets. But can two very different people change enough to build a life together?

Perhaps they can, when fate takes a hand...