Stand and Protect

Growing up together, Shannon Murphy never hesitated to stand up and protect her best friend, Jill, from bullies. One day, however, Shannon protects others in her school, along with Jill, from a school shooter. Believeing that her football coach father, Sam, has been murdered, she picks up the gun of a dead policeman and shoots the killer. Years later as an adult, Shannon is a leasing agent at a large luxury apartment community in Dallas, Texas. The dynaminc, thriving market keeps her busy, until everything grinds to a halt when a yong woman is found dead in her apartment. Unfortunately Shannon is the one to discover the body. She has anxiety problems from the incident in her childhood, and this threatens to bring back the panic attacks she has fought so hard to overcome. When another body is found and the crime scene bears stricking similarieties to the previous one, Detective Lucas Manning goes undercover as a maintenance man, to help track down the serial killer. The community, office staff, as well as hundreds of residents are on high alert. Manning is sure he will have a long, involved investigation, complete with the media attention crimes such as this always generate. What he hadn't counted on, is his strong attraction to Shannon. When she is contacted personally by the killer, they are afraid she may be on his hit list. Luke will do everything he can to solve this case and protect her, even if it costs his own life.