While investigating a reported crime, Detective A.J. Rodriguez discovered there wasn’t a trace of any murder having been committed! But hearing-impaired heiress Claire Winthrop insisted she’d stumbled upon a slain employee in her father’s high-rise building and claimed she could ID the hit man. Although the lack of evidence pointed to an open-and-shut case of a pampered socialite clamoring for attention, A.J. sniffed a deadly cover-up. Powerfully drawn together, the street-tough lawman soothed the shell-shocked princess with a tantalising kiss that bewitched both their hearts. However, when A.J. pulled Claire into his dark, dangerous world, he knew he’d better stick to police business — or the killer could permanently silence his beloved witness...