Judge Deborah Knott has a severe case of anxiety in the final days before her late December nuptials to Deputy Sheriff Dwight Bryant. Her calendar i s booked solid with receptions and parties, last-minute details, and family obligations.There is no way she can fit a homicide case into her schedule. Nevertheless, when a friend is shot on the drive home and Dwight becomes t he lead detective on the case, Deborah is immediately involved. Now she is in danger of losing sight of what really matters--the big, brown-eyed man w ho's about to say "I do." But just when she thinks she's finally got order in the court and her life, fate has one more pulse-pounding surprise in store.