Winter White

W idowed college professor JimMcAllister is involved in anaccident one snowy night in Vermont.When he rescues Alex Scorsese a U.S.State Department courier he neverexpects to fall in love. But that's exactlywhat happens.<P>While the couple honeymoon in ParisAlex picks up a diplomatic pouch thatleads them into a harrowing dash acrossEurope. They evade terrorists escape aplane crash and narrowly avoid anembassy assassination attempt only tofind themselves shot down over the icyAtlantic. After a cruise ship rescuesthem the unthinkable happens: Alex dies.<P>Finding the strength to keep living afterlosing his second wife proves anincredible challenge for Jim and hefinds support from an unlikely place:Leigh Scorsese Alex's twenty-one-year-olddaughter. But Jim is still in jeopardybecause of the information he nowcarries in his memory. When Leigh iskidnapped and held hostage Jim has atough choice to make: either lose Leighor give up the information the wholeworld wants-the coordinates to binLaden's hiding place.<P>Combining a tender love story with aviolent escape chase across Europe<I>Winter White</I> is a heart-stopping first-ratethriller.