Snowflame — Christa Merlin

He comes intending to buy her house--never expecting to meet her face to face, or to intrude upon her grief the day after her husband's funeral. Guilt, pity, and inappropriate desire war within him. For Elaine Jeffrey's haunted eves and fragile beauty pierce his heart ...

Drawn to Bruce McClure as if by fate, Elaine welcomes his companionship during a freak winter storm ... and haltingly confides the anguishing fear that she could have prevented her husband's death. It's sweet relief to find comfort in Bruce's arms, to feel their passion surge into love. But as she and Bruce probe the circumstances of Frank's accident, Elaine must confront a sinister truth ...