The Renegade

He's the bad boy who's no longer off-limits She's the good girl who needs a safe man

Could it be the sea-green bandanna knotted in his blond hair? Or maybe it's the quicksilver eyes that sparkle with laughter before they deepen to hurricane-gray.

Whatever it is, bad-boy Riley Collins, the idol of Tracy Gilbert's high-school years, is back in town, and too sexy, too dangerous -- too close -- for Tracy's precarious peace of mind. With all her systems on high alert, and caring for her young daughter uppermost in her mind, she vows to keep her distance.

That was the plan -- until Tracy's boss assigns her to help Riley get his fledgling business under way. Tracy soon finds that the new business isn't the only thing Riley -- or she, for that matter -- wants to get going.

Harlequin American Romance #1012, March, 2004.