A Delicate Balance

TIGER BY THE TAIL

Rico Pardan wasn't fooled by Kylie Stevens's angelic blond hair and golden eyes. His new partner was a regular little hellcat, and he'd learned young that self-control was the key to handling a hot-tempered woman. But nothing had prepared him for the kind of heat this lovely firebrand could generate....

Kylie was blazing mad. Her wily father had agreed to merge the Stevens and Pardan ranches, making her and Rico overnight partners. Kylie had no intention of backing down to cool, self-satisfied -- and devilishly handsome -- Rico. But she hadn't counted on his dark, laughing eyes seeing through her surface bluster to something she'd kept carefully hidden, even from herself....