In a Heartbeat - Hardcover

An nearly successful assassination attempt leaves millionaire Ed Vincent disabled in a hospital bed and unable to protect his lover from harm. 30,000 first printing.

, passionate novels of Elizabeth Adler have won the hearts of readers the world over. Skillfully blending breathtaking romance with taut suspense, her international bestsellers sizzle with tension and originality. In a Heartbeat is Adler at her best, the compelling story of a man whose long-kept secrets slowly unravel to rock a woman's world.

In a Heartbeat

Bullets cut down millionaire Ed Vincent as he climbs out of his small Cessna at La Guardia Airport. One minute he's a successful entrepreneur, newly in love and glad to be alive. In the next, he's on a gurney being worked on by EMTs. "He's not going to make it." Comatose, Ed Vincent can hear the doctors talking, but he can't reply. Someone has tried to kill him, and he knows who is behind it. But there is no way to tell anyone . . . or warn the woman he calls Zelda. Zelda's real name is Melba Eloise Merrydew--Mel--and she is ready to fight her way past the guard in front of Ed Vincent's hospital