palm desert, california, and him five hours away in mesa, arizona. still, that wouldn't slow them down. shana hogan is the author of "picture perfect" about the jodi arias case. >> from the very beginning, travis and jodi were almost in constant communication. they talked every day. they exchanged thousands of e-mails and text messages. >> reporter: jodi was so attracted to travis that she converted to the church of latter-day saints because travis was a mormon. >> she started to inquire more about the lds faith and ended up joining the church, which i'm sure that brought their relationship, made it even stronger. >> reporter: to outsiders, travis and jodi appeared devout, a pure mormon couple, but appearances, as was often the case with these two, would prove deceiving. >> secretly behind the scenes, travis and jodi's relationship was not pure, it wasn't chase. they had this intense sexual