A Heartbreaking Ride — Cara Addison

[Siren Classic: Erotic Contemporary Romantic Suspense, HEA] Like a pendulum, the life of a detective can quickly swing from tedium to terror. That's how Xander McKenzie finds life as an officer in the special investigations unit at the coast. After months of dating, Lexi Marshall is ready to tell Xander more about her past, and the real reason she makes it a priority to sit on the community policing board. Concerned about the woman he loves, the detective has to put Lexi's cold case on the back burner when he and his partner, Dennis, are summoned to the scene of a school bus crash. A quiet day at the precinct is about to turn chaotic. With reckless abandon, the lives of thirty-eight children are turned upside down when a 25,000 pound vehicle careens off the road. After every ambulance and emergency worker leaves the scene, it's up to Xander and Dennis to piece together the evidence and determine what went wrong. Both Lexi and a bus full of children will endure a heartbreaking ride in this story of love and healing in the wake of criminal recklessness. Taken from the headlines of a real life community, this story has been fictionalized to fit the characters and setting of The Coast. ** A Siren Erotic Romance