Hasten to Me — Adrienne Woods

Jackie Holmes, the wife of a prominent investment banker and a registered nurse by profession, cut all ties to her hometown in North Carolina, when she decided to leave her abusive husband. Giving up everything and starting over in Atlanta, Georgia, the healing process begins but is hampered by a secret that could destroy her family. Will she answer her father's emergency call to come home, or stay and deal with the strange sequence of events that has brought turmoil to her life? Dr. Joshua Kelley, falls in love at first sight with a mysterious woman that he meets in the hospital's elevator. He discovers later that the woman named Jackie is actually his patient's sister. Courting her proves to be exhilarating and frustrating, due to her phobia of commitment. When evidence is sent to him, challenging their relationship, anger causes distance to build, as danger threatens to engulf them. In a race against time, does anger prevail or can the power of love triumph over evil?