Emily McCullen has secluded herself in her lighthouse after the death of her beloved husband.  Unable to forget the man she loved so desperately, Emily and his best friend have agreed to marry.  When a stranger shows up on her doorstep, Emily tries very hard to deny her attraction to this rugged man.  She has no idea that the deceased husband she loves so much has suddenly risen from the dead. 

After months of hellish imprisonment at the hands of a person he trusted, Steve McCullen has come back from the dead and he is going to prove that the man he loved as a brother is also the man who betrayed him.  His wife Emily, however, is caught in the middle.  Steve is determined to keep Emily safe, even at the cost of his life, the second time around.

Steve and Emily are a couple that are so in tune with the other that death couldn’t separate them.  When Steve shows up, I watched Emily struggle with her feelings for the man she didn’t know was her husband.  Steve struggled just as much – their love was just as strong as the day they married.  Their love seemed almost pure in its intensity. 

With a totally cool plotline and a smarmy bad guy, Intimate Stranger, is a romantic suspense novel that will keep you on your toes dying to know what is going to happen next.  I found myself on the edge of my seat hoping and wishing for a happy outcome – I got my wish.  Don’t miss Jan Springer’s Intimate Stranger, it rocks.