Beyond Innocence — Nikki Soarde

On a deserted mountain in the Rockies, two men are beaten, shot and left for dead. Smug and secure in their success, the assailants head home to Philadelphia, eager to reap the rewards for their efforts. But their plan develops a critical flaw-one of their victims survives. Marnie Grant, a lonely, insecure physiotherapist at Calgary's Foothills Hospital, develops an attachment to the nameless victim found beaten and bloodied on a mountainside. With no memories of his past, and no family to claim him, he is dubbed Luke, and Marnie takes it upon herself to care for him. She is charmed by his innocence and wide-eyed wonder as he rediscovers the world around him. Eventually she becomes his teacher and mentor and Luke begins to show her the depth of her beauty. But even as Marnie struggles to help Luke adjust and remember, his enemies stalk him. And Luke and Marnie never guess the dangers and unsavory truths that await them as they seek to fill the void that is his past.