Return to Hoffman Grove

After nine years away, a business venture forces Brody Parkhill to return to his home town. Trying to determine whether the building he's been sent to assess would be a viable project for his boss, he is surprised to discover it houses a women's crisis center. Further complicating his job, members of his old high school gang are involved in the center's operations—the same friends he ran out on all those years ago. His boss questions where Brody's loyalties lie and ultimately fires him. With no more to offer Cinda Cooper, the girl he left behind, than when he was a hot-headed teen, Brody must find a way to regain his job, save the center, and win her back. The last person Cinda Cooper expected to see after a night out was her best friend from high school, Brody Parkhill, the one who was supposed to help her escape her troubled home life. The one she hasn't seen or heard from for nine years. But she's too busy dealing with escalating acts of violence to deal with her feelings for him. Could these crimes have anything to do with Brody's return to town? Or has her past caught up with her?