Book excerpt: Heaven's promise, desire's flame There are no scars like those inflicted in childhood, and no love like your first. Timeless couples Diane Hoffmann and Mikey Lund, Roxanne Hart and Jamie Dubois, Cherish Stephenson and Ty Foxx, and Sapphire Stephenson and William Decker seek out the unconditional love and healing of an angel and the scorching heat of unending passion. The horror Ty Foxx and his younger brother suffered as children at their father s hands has scarred them both and ultimately Ty can t save his brother. Even though he s filled with self-loathing and fury, he knows the time has come for him to face all he s been running from in life. The rape that drove Cherish Stephenson s fiancZ away left her terrified of getting close to anyone. When she meets Ty, she realizes how much she s missed by being afraid of the shadows of the night.