Kelly's Lady

Eighth in the Sarge and Kelly Series. Kelly falls in love for the second time but his traumatic childhood keeps him from marriage. When his words are misconstrued he finds himself backed into a wall. She thinks he proposed marriage. He buys her an expensive diamond but refuses to set a wedding date. In desperation he seeks advice from his best friend Sarge who happens to be his boss. Because she staunchly refuses to sleep with him he becomes so angry he drives into the rear end of a tractor-trailer rig. Crushed beneath it he suffers near fatal injuries. One doctor pronounces him dead although he keeps trying to resuscitate him. Does he live? Does he marry?