title: Down and Out
author: Dyer, Marcy G.
description: Going home again can be deadly.
  
   Suddenly jobless, enterprising Candace Downs returns to the parched and dusty oil-town of Odessa, Texas as a trainee for her cousin's towing company.
   Rejecting the romantic obsessions of a maniacal stranger intent on capturing her heart throws her life into a terrifying spiral downward.
   As the clock ticks, and her hunter ups the ante, the charismatic, handsome security consultant, Josiah Bradley, is determined to keep her alive – at any cost.
   Will they win this harrowing cat-and-mouse game? Or will the unrelenting stalker bury them both deep in the desert?