Christa Heckertt gets stuck in a deserted cellar in the woods behind her apartment -- all because she interrupted an intruder who tried to steal parts from the computers her Iowa City fourth-grade class won in the mayor's competition.
Officer Kirk Reynolds was called from a drug surveillance to investigate the attempted burglary at Buckingham Elementary School. He wants enough evidence to convict a drug dealer who sells to kids, and Christa who wants to keep her students safe and get control of her life again.
The thieves who want the newly won computers will stop at nothing. They'll kidnap, run cars off the road, steal, and threaten worse.
Christa and Kirk's attraction to each other is growing, but if they don't decipher a cryptic code, they may not live to find out if it's real. And neither will the people they love.
Initially written in the early 1990s, this story of fighting to stay resilient is timeless.
Officer Kirk Reynolds was called from a drug surveillance to investigate the attempted burglary at Buckingham Elementary School. He wants enough evidence to convict a drug dealer who sells to kids, and Christa who wants to keep her students safe and get control of her life again.
The thieves who want the newly won computers will stop at nothing. They'll kidnap, run cars off the road, steal, and threaten worse.
Christa and Kirk's attraction to each other is growing, but if they don't decipher a cryptic code, they may not live to find out if it's real. And neither will the people they love.
Initially written in the early 1990s, this story of fighting to stay resilient is timeless.
