Half to Death
by Robin Alexander
Sloan Hawkins cheated death when she slipped from its icy grip. It wasn't until then she realized that she'd only lived half a life in more ways than one. She now accepts that to truly live life to its fullest she must bring down the walls she had built to protect herself. Sloan is ready to let go and love, but finds herself behind a new wall not of her own making. Corrine Verner (Jade) has also lived her life behind an emotional fortress, but as she gets to know Sloan Hawkins, Jade begins to hope that she might be different from the others. In her wildest dreams she never could have imagined just how different...**