Nora Roberts' High Noon

Expert hostage negotiator Lieutenant Phoebe McNamara juggles her high pressure career with the demands of raising her young daughter and contending with her agoraphobic mother, Essie. When Phoebe meets handsome bar owner Duncan Swift, he can't resist her take-charge attitude and attempts to earn her affections. At the same time, Phoebe receives threatening messages and soon discovers she is the target of a psychopathic killer out to destroy her personally and professionally.