Heroes & Lovers

          Sam Jenkins might say, "Falling in love is like catching a cold.  It's infectious and involuntary. Just don't sneeze on any innocent people." 
          Getting kidnapped and becoming infatuated with a married policeman never made TV reporter Rachel Williamson's list of things to do before Christmas.  But helping her friend, Sam Jenkins, the ex-New York detective and now police chief in Prospect, Tennessee, with a fraud investigation would get her an exclusive story.  It all sounded exciting and made her station manager happy. 
         Sam's investigation put Rachel in the wrong place at the wrong time and her abduction by a mentally disturbed fan, ruined several days of her life.
         When Jenkins learns Rachel has gone missing, he cancels holiday leaves, mobilizes the personnel at Prospect PD, and enlists his friends from the FBI to help find her.
         During the early stages of the investigation, Sam develops several promising leads, but as they begin to fizzle, his prime suspect drops off the planet and all the resources of the FBI aren't helping.
         After a lucky break and a little old-fashioned pressure on an informant produce an important clue, the chief leads his team deep into the Smoky Mountains to rescue his friend.     
         But after Rachel is once again safe at home, he finds their problems are far from over.