First published 2001
Five complete romance stories bring together couples fighting against their own desires. Heather Strand proposes a business marriage to Jake Lavender to save her family's Tucson resort, but their contract cannot contain the fire between them. Librarian Lacey Seldon seeks freedom on a Puget Sound island until Holt Randolph challenges her to risk everything for love. Lara Danvers refuses to trust Steven Drake when he returns to buy her farm, the same land he once tried to steal through seduction. Victoria Dillon finds herself stranded in the Arizona desert, dependent on John Redcloud, who believes a city woman could never survive on his Navaho reservation. Daphne Granger decides to start an affair with her ex-husband Adam eleven years after their divorce, convinced it will finally free her from loving him. Each woman must choose between safety and the men who could destroy or complete them.
Genres: fiction, short-stories, romance, contemporary-romance
Vibes: emotional, intimate, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, forced-proximity, second-chance
Setting: Arizona, Navaho Reservation, Puget Sound, Tucson
275 pages · Mass Market Paperback · Harlequin Books