When her lab is broken into and a lethal virus is stolen, Isabel Santiago must put her trust in a brooding--and sexy--security expert to find the culprits before they turn her research into a weapon.

"This... biography sheds light on Dr. Salk's groundbreaking journey and the importance of vaccination."--

"In 1940s and '50s America, polio is as dreaded as the atomic bomb. No one's life is untouched by this disease that kills or paralyzes its victims, particularly children. Outbreaks of the virus across the country regularly put American cities in lockdown. Some of the world's best minds are engaged in the race to find a vaccine. The man who succeeds will be a god. But Dorothy Horstmann is not focused on beating her colleagues to the vaccine. She just...