"Oh no!" A deer suddenly appears in front of the motorcycle that has just passed thirty-two-year-old Carrie Bringhurst as she is driving home on a lonely southwest Colorado highway. The rider barely avoids the collision, but loses control of the bike. He and the machine careen into the deep borrow-pit beside the road, and there's no one to help him except her. As she ministers to the man's serious injuries she finds something vaguely familiar about him, but with his semi-conscious state, and features obscured by a thick matt of facial hair, she can't put her finger on just what. When he asks that she accompany him in the ambulance, her compassion won't let her say no. As he is rushed through the surgery doors, he suddenly grasps her hand and utters a nick-name that she's not heard in more than ten years...a name that only one man could know. She sink's to her knees in a rush of tears, holds her face in her hands and weeps, "Oh Ransom...how could I not know that it's you?"Ransomed Hearts weaves a heart-rending tale of lost love mixed with a danger that forces Carrie to consider the safety and security of not just herself and her children, but everyone around her. Dare she open her heart again when it was so thoroughly shattered the first time? Can she afford to let her compassion hold sway over her logic long enough to give him shelter while he recovers? But most important of all, dare she trust a man who already disappeared once without a trace leaving her bereft and heartbroken?