By the Scruff of the Neck

<P class=MsoNormal style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify>Maria Magliani arrives home to a frantic call that her pizza restaurant in on fire.<SPAN style=mso-spacerun: yes> </SPAN>The saucy recently-widowed entrepreneur speeds downtown to suspicious smoldering ruins.</P><P class=MsoNormal style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify>On the scene she encounters rugged handsome Fire Marshall Clancy McClavey.<SPAN style=mso-spacerun: yes> </SPAN>The two exchange numbers.</P><P class=MsoNormal style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify>Clancy phones a few days later for two reasons-to report the findings from the fire and to ask her out.<SPAN style=mso-spacerun: yes> </SPAN>But before their big Saturday night date occurs; Maria discovers that she is at the center of two mysterious murders.</P><P class=MsoNormal style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify>A blend of faith friends and family speckle the battler-sometimes funny but always engaging!<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office /></P>