In this work of romantic suspense by the prolific and popular Nora Roberts, fire and a stalker bent on revenge dog the footsteps of a woman determined to battle them both. After neighbors stop 12-year-old Joey Pastorelli's assault on 11-year-old Caterina "Reena" Hale, Joey's angry father burns down Reena's family's pizzeria. The young Reena and an able arson detective get the arsonist put in jail, which inspires the grown-up Reena to become an arson investigator. But why are Reena's boyfriends continually endangered by suspicious fires? Can she save her new love, carpenter Bo Goodnight, from the same fate?

Nora Roberts (b. Eleanor Marie Robertson, October 10, 1950 in Silver Spring, Maryland, USA), is a bestselling American author of more than 165 romance novels, and she writes as J.D. Robb for the "In Death" series. She also has written under the pseudonym Jill March, and by error some of her works were published in the UK as Sarah Hardesty.

Nora Roberts was the first author to be inducted into the Romance Writers of America Hall of Fame. As of 2006, her novels had spent a combined 660 weeks on the New York Times Bestseller List, including 100 weeks in the number-one spot. Over 280 million copies of her books are in print, including 12 million copies sold in 2005 alone. Her novels have been published in 35 countries.