Package Deal

Single mom Amanda Gardner’s first academic appointmentat private Buckley College in northwest Washington state is the start of a new life. Her goal? Become established in her career as an English professor. The last thing she wants is a romantic entanglement, but then she meets Marcus Dunbar, a journalism professor, who befriends her and captivates her nine-year-old daughter Cecelia, and Carlton Winslow, with whom Amanda must share an office. He’s unpleasant to her but seems genuinely fond of Cecelia.

When the girl runs into the road, is hit by a car and badly injured, Marcus suspects that Carlton may have had something to do with the accident. Amanda is no longer sure who she can or should trust. Is Marcus even beyond suspicion? Is it possible one of them, or someone else Cecelia is too frightened to name, preys upon children?

Amanda must get to the truth before she can give her heart to a man who claims he loves her and will cherish and protect her child.