Connections — Vicki Lewis Thompson

It started as a ruse

Sociology prof Emily Johnson had done some unusual things in the name of research. But waitressing in a Tucson watering hole beat all! She'd taken the summer job in order to study ironworkers who frequented the bar....

Ned Tucker caught her eye immediately. The handsome construction worker liked to read literature perched high atop a beam ... and recite poetry in bed. He and Emily forged links that couldn't be broken.

But Emily feared for Ned's safety on the job. At the risk of losing him, she'd have to tell the whole truth about herself. Before someone was killed. . .