Perilous Trust by Barbara Freethy Sophia is an archeoligist/teacher. She finishes in class one day and notices a voice mail...wait, several!...from her dad. Her dad is FBI. He's telling her to trust no one, to follow a list of directions he wants her to take, leaving her old life behind. While he's talking she could hear a loud crash and the last moments of his life.

Christmas Promise by Richard Paul Evans Richelle is one half of a twin set. Her father dies suddenly and he begs her to make up with her twin...they've been estranged since Michelle slept with Richelle's fiance. Then before she even considers reaching out to her sister, her sister dies. Then she meets a guy and there's an instant spark...

and I'm currently reading Cold, Cold Heart by Tami Hoag. This is a book about a news caster/journalist who is kidnapped by a serial killer, tortured, raped and abused, broken, but she manages to kill him and then she has to enter a long, long recovery with not only her physical damage (and it's extensive) but with traumatic brain injury.