Deputy DA Margo Keyes is looking forward to this trip with as much enthusiasm as sheâd have for a root canal. Thereâs the Philly summer heat, the high school reunion sheâd rather avoid, and the speech sheâd be giving as a last-minute stand-in for her boss. Mostly thereâs facing high school crush Tony Alessandro. When sheâd last seen the Philly cop, heâd danced her out of his sisterâs wedding reception to a dark room where heâd kissed her senseless. If his nephew hadnât interrupted theyâd have . . . well, who knows?
Tony had disappeared on some family errand. She went home to Portland, Oregon the next day. She hadnât heard from him since.
However, her homecoming turns out better than expected. The reunion and the speech work out. Even better, when she and Tony pick up where they left off in that dark room, the only heat thatâs unbearable is what they generate in bed.
Margo returns to Portland wondering if she and Tony have started something she might not be ready for, relieved sheâs put a whole continent between them to give her breathing room to sort it. Then his work with a federal task force investigating industrial espionage brings him to Portland. And an accidental swap of messenger bags on her flight home puts her in the middle of the investigation.
Tony wants her out of the way of the bad guys and focused on him. She wants to use a secret from her past to wrap up the case. And maybe avoid having to think about whatâs happening between them.
They canât both win. Or can they?
Sensuality Level: Hot