A NIGHT OF PASSION A single night of passion between Oklahoma City Police Detective Samuel Garrett and U.S. Marshal Dallas Kittridge shatters their friendship and prompts Dallas to leave the state. For over a year, Sam has denied that Dallas was more to him than his best friend's widow. More than a beautiful woman who'd turned to him for comfort and whose touch had ignited a passion he couldn't forget. But now Dallas has come home. Not to fight for a future with Sam, but to solve the murder of her protected witness. The warmth of the Christmas season contrasts starkly with the icy tension between them. But as the case gets hotter, their desires flare white-hot, burning away the hurt and coldness between them. Can they turn their one silent night of passion into a forever kind of love? Approximately 72,000 words