Book excerpt: ON THE WAY TO THE ALTAR… Police detective Carson Becketthad skirted the altar assmoothly as a sly criminalavoided handcuffs. Now thetime had come to settle downand fulfill his ailing mother'swish—and he was halfway there with an unofficialpromise to wed his childhood sweetheart. But first hehad to repay an old family debt to the last of theChandler heirs.When his search led him to the gray-eyed,mesmerizing Kit Chandler, his usual logic desertedhim. Instinctively, he changed from benefactor toprotector when Kit became the target of someoneelse's wrath. And when tension turned to passion,Carson realized he was in deep. He would get to thealtar, but with whom?