Evie Lehrer

Phone Tag: a Novel Evie Lehrer

A year ago, Melanie Parks split up with her boyfriend, Matt Walters, out of concern that his drinking problem would ruin any kind of future they might have. But now that Matt has called her and asked to meet, she?s giddy with excitement hoping he finally has put his troubled past behind him and they can be together. But Matt doesn?t show up. Instead, Matt?s friend, handsome cowboy Dwayne Hathaway, arrives with bad news. Matt isn?t coming. Even worse, Dwayne tells Melanie all about Matt?s past: he?s a widower with two children, something Melanie knew nothing about. Distraught over Matt?s betrayal, Melanie agrees to go with Dwayne to his ranch to nurse her broken heart. Sparks soon ignite between Dwayne and Melanie, and she finds herself falling head over heels for the handsome cowboy. After a relaxing retreat, she returns home to find that her apartment has been broken into. Fearful that Matt may be behind the crimes, Melanie rushes back to the ranch and to Dwayne?s loving arms, where she tries to make sense of it all. But Melanie is about to learn that not everything is as it seems, and danger lurks where one least expects it ?