Randall Tucker has been sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of his wife. Tucker doesn't care about himself, but he does care about his now eight year old son, Landon. When Gabrille insinuates herself into his small exsistance, Tucker can't help but be resentful, for she represents all that he will never have again. When he is transfered and finds the oppurtunity to escape, he doesn't hesitate because he made a promise to his son that he intends to keep.
Together, Tucker and Gabrielle brave the harsh Arizona desert and go on a mission to find the truth about the night Tucker's wife was murderer. With Gabby's one year old daughter, Allie, and Landon, they both realize how much they have to lose.
This was my first book by this author, and I was very impressed!
The small town of Florence, Arizona, is known for one thing -- its prison. Gabrielle Hadley is in Florence of personal reasons, though; she's seeking the mother who abandoned her more that two decades ago. In order to support herself and her two-year-old daughter, Gabrielle is working as a prison guard -- just about the only job available in this bleak desert town.
Randall Tucker is a prisoner at Florence, convicted of murdering his wife. He has one goal: to survive until he can prove his innocence -- and reclaim his seven-year-old son, Landon, now living in foster care.
In the prison's atmosphere of tension and corruption, Gabrielle discovers that Randall Tucker is far from the murderer he's said to be. When he escapes during a prison transfer, she follows him into the unforgiving desert. To protect her job, her own integrity -- or him? But the guard becomes the prisoner's captive . . . and more. It's a relationship that's not supposed to exist, and yet it might save them both.