Deadly Dividends (2nd Edition): David Emil Henderson

This early edition has been replaced by David Emil Henderson's "Escape!" which includes 70 more pages of plot and character development while maintaining the same fast pace:

ELISSA BENNETT POPE (Lake Forest, Illinois): She has thrown away a fortune because she couldn't stay married to it. After escaping one scary relationship, this woman of "heart-stopping beauty" is dangerously attracted to a West Coast architect accused of murder. Forced to join him on a desperate journey across the far western United States, Elissa must endure an expedition that would either change her life or end it.

GREY HARPER (Carmel, California): Halting a $60 million project on a former Chicago-area army base, this architect convinces Elissa he has unearthed a hot secret from the Cold War. To escape sudden death, they must race to the cliff-top house where Harper lives in solitude above the crashing Pacific surf. But can Elissa trust this enigmatic stranger for 2200 miles on the road -- alone with him every hectic day... and night?