title: An Escalating Threat to the Heart
author: Kearns, Aislinn
description: A 6,500-word romantic suspense short story
  A Chance Encounter
  Kate Parsons is a cardiac surgeon with a problem—one of her former patients is stalking her, turning her life into a living hell.
  One night, to escape him, she jumps into a taxi and orders the driver to get her out of there. Only there’s someone else already in the cab—a handsome, dark-eyed stranger just trying to get home.
  They agree to share the taxi, and during the ride something sparks within Kate—something she’d thought had been destroyed by her recent experience with men.
  But Kate’s stalker isn’t done with her yet...