FREE: SHERRYL WOODS Mending Fences

High school teacher Emily Dobbs has been best friends with perfect homemaker Marcie Carter since the Carters moved into their suburban Miami neighborhood ten years earlier. And their kids are close as well. Together they have weathered just about every storm, including Emily's painful split with her absentee husband Derek. But their relationship is put to the ultimate test when Marcie's son Evan is charged with date rape. At first rallying to his side in support of Marcie, Emily soon sees chinks in Evan's armor, noticing that he is more like his verbally abusive father than she realized, and questions whether this might not be the first time Evan has forced himself on a girl. Adding complications is Emily's emerging feelings for the detective in charge of the investigation. Detective Grady Rodriguez, convinced of Evan's guilt finds himself in unfamiliar territory as he too is attracted to Emily, and that attraction could have an impact on his case.