Defending the eyewitness

the long version

"The note wasn't a threat, exactly. But for Corey Donahue who'd, witnessed her mother's murder as a child, it felt very menacing. Surprisingly, the one person she trusted to show the note to was a man merely renting a room from her--Austin Mendez. Traumatized since childhood, Corey had never trusted men--until Austin moved in. Six years undercover had caused Austin to shut everyone out--until Corey. The vulnerability she hid from others made him yearn to break down the walls she'd erected around her heart. And with a killer closing in, two lost souls were discovering the trust they'd lost--and much more--in each other's arms"--P. [4] of cover.