Deborah Hughes

Winter White Deborah Hughes

W idowed college professor JimMcAllister is involved in anaccident one snowy night in Vermont. When he rescues Alex Scorsese, a U. S. State Department courier, he neverexpects to fall in love. But that's exactlywhat happens. While the couple honeymoon in Paris, Alex picks up a diplomatic pouch thatleads them into a harrowing dash acrossEurope. They evade terrorists, escape aplane crash, and narrowly avoid anembassy assassination attempt only tofind themselves shot down over the icyAtlantic. After a cruise ship rescuesthem, the unthinkable happens: Alex dies. Finding the strength to keep living afterlosing his second wife proves anincredible challenge for Jim, and hefinds support from an unlikely place: Leigh Scorsese, Alex's twenty-one-year-olddaughter. But Jim is still in jeopardybecause of the information he nowcarries in his memory. When Leigh iskidnapped and held hostage, Jim has atough choice to make: either lose Leighor give up the information the wholeworld wants-the coordinates to binLaden's hiding place. Combining a tender love story with aviolent escape chase across Europe, Winter White is a heart-stopping, first-ratethriller.