Reviewing restaurants is normally a safe pursuit, but Lorne and Catherine face torture and death when they try to unravel organised crime's infiltration of the fine dining scene. Their longstanding friendship deepens when they meet again seven months after she was widowed by murder. While they help each other work through their traumatic pasts, their passion and intimacy increase, and they're unaware of the mounting danger until it's almost too late. Their scramble to track down who is trying to kill them leads into the darker corners of the Internet, through a world of perversion and extreme body modification.

"Sometimes, life calls us back to live again." Maggie Warner has the rare gift of a perfect memory concerning all the days of this life, and some from her past one. Dr. Robert Malone, a neuropsychologist with a memory inducing technology, can prove her claim about a kidnapping no one remembers. The support and encouragement she needs comes from Jack Patterson, the doctor's capable godson and a man who also takes her heart. 3rd place: Eminence Awards