A powerful suspense-filled romance; what discovery doesn't separate a broken promise could shatter. Ariel was a victim at seventeen. She's now an unsung hero hidden for her protection. No one knows where she is or her real identity except her advocate. But strange events begin to occur around her home. It affects her sense of invisibility. As a writer in her early twenties living in a country cottage, Ariel devises an experiment to boost her writing and ease her perilously low funds. It's risky, but everything in Ariel's life is risky. Ariel's encounters bring back memories of how her ordeal began, as she learns to deal with the demons within. Her first real love is Jerry, the eighteen year old who cuts her grass. Stuck at seventeen emotionally Ariel experiences the pleasant side of her previous horrors, and begins to trust love again. A puppy leads trouble into her life, bringing Danny, a local deputy, to her door. Drawn to her he appoints himself guardian, soon learning there's more to her than imagined. But Danny harbors regret. His hard lesson brings out his true strength when he learns of Ariel's plight, her risky trysts and her love for another. He must let her go to keep her safe, allowing her to heal herself in her own way, always there to look out for her...always loving her.CONTAINS SUGGESTIVE ADULT SITUATIONSQuote from book:The agents stood behind their open doors.  Danny got out on the passenger's side and Babcock on the other.There was uncomfortable silence.No one moved, so Danny rushed around his and the agent's doors crossing between the vehicles.  He approached the driver's side of Miles' patrol car, the door still ajar as he'd noticed in his earlier passing, leaning against a leg as if Tuck was about to step out.Danny swung the door open when he saw his friend was injured, his hat sitting askew.  He removed it, setting it on the passenger seat.  Babcock joined him lowering the seat back to lay Miles down without moving him.  The deputy jerked awake, moaning.Babcock called to the agents, "Officer down!"Publication dates: Kindle edition 4 Apr 2012                            Large Print edition 19 Apr 2012                            Ariel's Cottage edition 23 Jun 2012