Deputy DA Margo Keyes is looking forward to this trip with as much enthusiasm as sheād have for a root canal. Thereās the Philly summer heat, the high school reunion sheād rather avoid, and the speech sheād be giving as a last-minute stand-in for her boss. Mostly thereās facing high school crush Tony Alessandro. When sheād last seen the Philly cop, heād danced her out of his sisterās wedding reception to a dark room where heād kissed her senseless. If his nephew hadnāt interrupted theyād have . . . well, who knows?
Tony had disappeared on some family errand. She went home to Portland, Oregon the next day. She hadnāt 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 thatās 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 sheās 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 whatās happening between them.
They canāt both win. Or can they?
Sensuality Level: Hot