Edge of Night — J.R. Biery

With a killer closing in, can a man who has failed to protect before, recover in time to save the woman he loves. Marshal Travis Shepard is pursuing an escaped killer when he is attacked with Tasers and left for dead. He must capture Dowd Greeley before the desperate man kidnaps and tortures his ex-wife to recover the money from his last robbery. Carol Hope rushes to rescue the iron-willed Marshal but she is afraid to trust any man with the life of her son, let alone this damaged one. Travis leaves the hospital despite the Doctor's warnings and hides the pair in a resort cabin in the Smoky Mountains. Dowd closes in while the marshal continues to struggle for physical and mental control in order to protect them. The real battle is to resist the temptation the lovely woman poses as he falls in love with both her and her young son and the possibility of a different kind of life.