Suspicion and Desire [antikvár]

To Out Readers: We are pleased and excited by your overwhelmingly posi-tive response to our Candlelight Supremes. Unlike all the other series, the Supremes are filled with more passion, adventure, and intrigue, and are obviously the stories you like best. In months to come we will continue to publish books by many of your favorite authors as well as the very finest work from new authors of romantic fiction. As always, we are striving to present unique, absorbing love stories —the very best love has to offer. Breathtaking and unforgettable, Supremes follow in the great romantic tradition you've come to expect only from Candlelight Romances. Your suggestions and comments are always welcome. Please let us hear from you. Sincerely, The Editors Candlelight Romances 1 Dag Hammarskjold Plaza New York, New York 10017 CHAPTER ONE Logan Tanner was not happy. He had contracts literally coming out of his ears, all with deadlines he had no hopes of meeting without a good assistant, and even then they would have to work their tails off. And of all the people in the state who needed a job, why did it have to be a woman who an-swered his ad? A brown-eyed woman at that! Unconsciously gnawing on his full lower lip, he swiveled around in his creaky office chair, fussed with the papers on his desk, did every-thing he could to avoid looking into the large brown eyes focused expectantly on him. At last he looked back at her. "Fm sorry, Miss deLeon," he said, his tanned, good-looking features crinkling with a feigned smile. "What Fm looking for is a man who knows how to make small boats of every kind." Alida's generous mouth twitched, but the movement was far removed from a smile. "It's Mrs.," she corrected, her clipped voice showing