Kimberly Van Meter, The Truth About Family

The Truth About Family

Kimberly Van Meter

Harlequin SuperRomance, December 2006, $5.50

ISBN: 0373713916

When American Photographic magazine photographer Erin McNulty left Granite Hills, she vowed never to return. However, one call forces her home. Her beloved Aunt Caroline, who was more a mom to her, died in a car crash in which her father Charlie was apparently driving under the influence. Mourning the loss of the only person who cared about her, Erin goes home to bury her aunt and ignore her dad, hospitalized in a coma.

Police officer Colin Barrett, who called her with the tragic news, stuns Erin further when he claims this was not an accident, but someone deliberately caused the crash. He has no motive or suspect, but with her help they begin to dig into her father's past to determine who wanted Charlie dead and why.

Erin knows you can never come home because everything changes, but in her case she does not want to come home, as that is a place of pain and sorrow, with the exception of her beloved Aunt Caroline, who is dead. Colin is attracted from the first meeting with Erin, but knows unless she comes to grips with her past, he has no chance with her. The investigation augments a fine contemporary romance, as Erin with the cop she is falling in love with at her side digs deep to learn THE TRUTH ABOUT FAMILY; that is her family.