Ashley Montague is more than halfway through the Miami-Dade police academy and she's happy with her decision to become a cop. She's known cops all her life, they often frequent her uncle's bar and treat her like family, though the newest badge to appear rankles Ash the wrong way. Detective Jack Dilessio has been haunted since the death of his lady-partner five years ago. Some say Jake and Nancy were closer than partners and his continuing obsession to prove that her death was murder doesn't help quash the rumors. Ashley becomes involved with a highway accident investigation which may be more than it seems and strangely, it links up to Jake's favorite past-time. As they work to solve the case, sparks begin to fly between the almost-rookie and the senior detective.

This romantic-suspense caught my eye the other day after seeing a review here on LT. I liked Ashley and I liked Jake and I liked the two of them together. What I didn't care for was the case itself - it failed to hold my interest. The red herring was just annoying when it was revealed to be a red herring. The end was too sugar-sweet. Not sure I'll be reading more of Graham. ( )

From BackCover:
Ashley Montague is nearing the end of her police training — but nothing has prepared this rookie for the rite of passage that will take her on a deadly ride into the underbelly of Miami's drug world. It begins with the shocking discovery of a body on the highway and her glimpse of a mysterious hooded figure watching from the side of the road.

At another crime scene in the heart of the Everglades, Detective Jake Dilessio stares at the body of a mutilated woman — the victim identical to the victims of a cult leader he had put behind bars five years ago. Is this a copycat killing, or have his deepest fears been realized? Is the wrong man behind bars and the real killer still on the hunt?

Ashley's investigation into the highway incident shockingly reveals a connection of Dilessio's case. Now she needs answers badly enough to turn to an obsessed cop willing to do whatever it takes to get to the truth in a conspiracy that has stayed one step ahead of him for five years.

The last thing they want or need is the electric pull of desire as they are dragged deeper into a dark, dangerous world of corruption and evil, where a callous traitor in the ranks of the police force and a cold, calculating mastermind of terror are waiting for them. Now, with time running out and their lives on the line, Ashley and Jake have everything to fight for…and everything to lose. ( )