Sara Bradeen

A cynical music critic who has yet to recover from her failed marriage unexpectedly finds her heart softening during a cross-country road trip.

Susan is a young widow grieving from the loss of her husband Ron, who recently committed suicide. In a bid to recover diamonds stolen in a heist, two escaped convicts befriend the widow, who's late husband spear-headed the theft. By posing as old college friends' of Ron's, it enables them to get close to a still vulnerable Susan - and even closer to the diamonds.