THE PRODIGAL SON HAD RETURNED

Dale Metcalf had spent fifteen years running from his past. Then a string of suspicious deaths linked to a fierce epidemic forced the outbreak specialist to return to his boyhood home on Lobster Island with Dr. Tansy Whitmore-the one woman he'd never stopped loving.

But the sinister incidents that coincided with their arrival on the windswept coastal island-a mysterious plane crash, a raging fire and a near-fatal attack-proved that someone desperately wanted them dead. And now, in a race against time, could the two stormy lovers combat danger-and desire-before it was too late?