On the other side of the country, Giana Falco has just made the biggest change in her life. Sheโs ended her engagement and now sheโs moving to the west coast to take a job as a forensic scientist in a town where she knows practically no one. Itโs either the bravest or the stupidest thing sheโs ever done.
Sparks begin to fly the moment Remy and Giana meet. Remy has never seen a woman more intelligent or more beautiful than her new colleague, but she knows that allowing herself to fall for a straight woman would be a uniquely masochistic kind of folly. For her part, Giana is intrigued by the tall and reticent detective. She sees no reason why the two of them shouldnโt become the best of friends.
The stakes couldnโt be higher as the two women put their heads together to work the case, drawing ever closer to finding the killerโand ever closer toย finding each other. Try as they might to ignore it, the attraction they feel becomes something neither one of them can deny.
Dolores Arden likes to think of herself as a writer deferred. She first discovered her love for the craft many moons ago while taking creative writing classes in college. But then throw in life and distractions and a demanding career in an unrelated fieldโand itโs taken her more than thirty years to come around to it again. Sheโs lucky to call the San Francisco Bay Area home, and these days she spends most of her time hiking the trails, digging holes in the garden, or being walked by a large and enthusiastic Great Dane named Remy. Gray Matters is her first novel.