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Architect Francesca Moretti has always been taught to aim high, work hard and finish what you start. So when it falls to her—the baby of the family and only daughter—to head up the family construction business and see a high-profile project through to completion, there is no question of bailing out.

Still, it won't be easy. Construction is a guys' game—Franci will have to prove she's just as comfortable in steel-toed work boots as in peep-toe heels. To make matters worse, the financing company has sent a glorified babysitter to oversee the project: nitpicking workaholic Kyle Jagger. The human watchdog is constantly looking over Franci's shoulder—and not always at the blueprints. And Franci's getting the distinct impression that Kyle is interested in a little more than just the bottom line.

About The Author

Stef Ann Holm is the bestselling author of twenty novels and one novella. Known for her sense of humor, she creates characters with qualities that appeal to her comical side.

Stef Ann has been featured in various newspapers, including the Los Angeles Times and Boise Weekly. Reviews have appeared in such circulations as USA TODAY, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Affaire de Coeur, Literary Times, Denver Rocky Mountain News, Romantic Times and Jamaican Sunday Gleaner. Her 1999 novel, Hooked, was nominated for a prestigious RITA® Award. She also contributed to the New York Times bestselling anthology Upon a Midnight Clear.

When she's not writing, Stef Ann drives too fast, paints her toenails and does home repairs. She enjoys anything that has to do with sunshine and water, warm temperatures and the sand.

Stef Ann resides in Meridian, Idaho, with her two teenage daughters and Beagle, who likes to eat soap.

Extended Copyright Information

Copyright 2007 by Stef Ann Holm.

All rights reserved. Except for use in any review, the reproduction or utilization of this work in whole or in part in any form by any electronic, mechanical or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including xerography, photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, is forbidden without the written permission of the publisher, Harlequin Enterprises Limited, 225 Duncan Mill Road, Don Mills, Ontario M3B 3K9, Canada.

Previously published by Harlequin Enterprises Ltd.

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About the Author

Stef Ann Holm was born in Southern California near Hollywood. With the fantasy worlds of Disneyland and Universal Studios at her doorstep, her imagination was stimulated at an early age. She attended Chatsworth High where Kevin Spacey, Mare Winningham, and Val Kilmer entertained on the school's stage. As a semester elective, she enrolled in drama and played a Fandango hostess in the chorus of Sweet Charity. It was the beginning and the end of her acting and singing career. She got a "C" in Drama and an "A" in Creative Writing.

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For Greg, with all my love and devotion.
GIOVANNI AND MARIANGELA Moretti walked hand in hand along Grove Street, an April sunset coloring the sky. The orange glow winked back at them from the windows in Boise's tallest bank building--all twenty-one stories.
The couple had eaten dinner at Moz ...

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Copyright

Copyright 2007 by Stef Ann Holm.

All Rights Reserved.

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