*** This is the original full length novel released in 1997. In 2014 this was re-released as a 3-part serial. Therefore you must read all parts of the release to equal the original. 36 HOURS A town fights its way back from disaster ... A little girl lies trapped in a cave ... Two longtime rivals are stranded on a mountainside ... For months single father Sean Frame and counselor Cassandra Mercer battled over Sean's troubled young son. Then the ravages of a storm forced them to face a dark night together. As her handsome nemesis sheltered her in his arms, Cassandra offered him the one thing she had left —- her innocence. But if rescue ever came, would they survive the consequences of their passion?