A Recipe for Romantic Suspense:
Start with one widow, desperate to avoid romantic relationships and determined to protect her young daughter.
Sprinkle a liberal amount of fear after being victimized.
Add one hardened cop with a past, assigned to investigate the burglary.
Allow the cop to simmer, unwilling to allow himself involvement with any woman, fearful his job would put her in jeopardy.
Blend the issues with an unlikely attraction between them.
Dust with a small-town false sense of security.
Fold in a hired gun from the hero's past.
Spice with a manhunt.
Let the mixture heat up when she thinks her "happily ever after" is destined to be just a memory.
