Winter White

About the Book

W idowed college professor Jim McAllister is involved in an accident one snowy night in Vermont. When he rescues Alex Scorsese, a U.S. State Department courier, he never expects to fall in love. But that's exactly what happens.

While the couple honeymoon in Paris, Alex picks up a diplomatic pouch that leads them into a harrowing dash across Europe. They evade terrorists, escape a plane crash, and narrowly avoid an embassy assassination attempt only to find themselves shot down over the icy Atlantic. After a cruise ship rescues them, the unthinkable happens: Alex dies.

Finding the strength to keep living after losing his second wife proves an incredible challenge for Jim, and he finds support from an unlikely place: Leigh Scorsese, Alex's twenty-one-year-old daughter. But Jim is still in jeopardy because of the information he now carries in his memory. When Leigh is kidnapped and held hostage, Jim has a tough choice to make: either lose Leigh or give up the information the whole world wants-the coordinates to bin Laden's hiding place.

Combining a tender love story with a violent escape chase across Europe, Winter White is a heart-stopping, first-rate thriller.

About the Author

Deborah S. Hughes has been a former police officer, flight attendant, and the editor of three newspapers. She lives in Greensboro, North Carolina, and is currently working on the second novel in her Three Oaks Inn trilogy.