A recently-hired reporter learns his copy editor is a high school classmate given a new identity under the Federal Witness Protection Program. When her cover is inadvertently blown, her ex, a Russian mob boss just out of prison, vows revenge for her helping convict him.
Vincent Paterno is a former journalist and copy editor turned screenwriter and film historian. He has run the classic Hollywood site Carole & Co., https://carole-and-co.livejournal.com/, since June 2007.
“Fugitive Sweetheart” is a romantic thriller with a comedic twist, as two East Coast high school classmates — one hiding her new life — unexpectedly reunite in the American heartland. They and their cohorts battle a mob boss out for revenge.
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