SACRED SINS

　　Combining explosive suspense with sensual passion, NoraRoberts turns up the heat in this classic tale -- the sizzlingstory of a man and woman on the trail of a demented killer, asearch that will plunge them headlong into danger.... In the lazydays of summer, a merciless heat wave is the biggest story inWashington, D.C. But the weather is knocked off the front pageswhen a young woman is found strangled to death. A note left behindreads "Her sins are forgiven her." Two more victims soon follow,and suddenly every headline is devoted to the killer the press hasdubbed "the Priest." When the police ask top-notch psychiatrist Dr.Tess Court to help with their investigation, she comes up with adisturbing portrait of a twisted soul. Detective Ben Paris doesn'tgive a damn about the killer's psyche. What he can't easily dismissis Tess. Tall, dark, and good-looking, Ben has a legendaryreputation with women, but the coolly elegant Tess doesn't react tohim like other women he's known -- and he finds the challengeenticing. Now, as the two are thrown together in a perilous questto stop a serial killer, the flame of white-hot passion flares. Butsomeone also has his eyes on the beautiful blond doctor ... and Bencan only pray that if the madman strikes, he'll be able to stop himbefore it's too late....