Whispers in the Dark — Patricia Pellicane

Twice, an intruder has broken into Callie Walker's home and searched through her private things, a fact she was sure to report to the town's marshal. When she comes across him in the dark, she can't stop screaming and Marshal Hunter Slade comes running to rescue the woman he's longed for over the past five months. He's too late to keep the intruder from escape, but he's just in time to have Callie in his arms -- finally -- as he comforts her. Their usual decorum is forgotten and the feelings each harbors for the other come crashing to the surface. The harsh glare of the morning might condemn them for their passion, but tonight… Tonight is it possible for Hunter to convince Callie that this is just the beginning of their Whispers in the Dark?