Close Associates

BUSINESS BEFORE PLEASURE

Elena Perry promised herself that no man would ever dominate her life as Brian Mortimer had when he deserted her for a more advantageous match. She was proud of her new-found independence, proud of her career in real estate.

And she jumped at the chance to prove her abilities by taking over National Properties, the troubled Weybridge branch of a big real estate firm. She knew she could win back the rights to Luke Maxwell's development, though he was thoroughly provoking...and attractive.

But Weybridge and Luke were more of a problem than she had imagined. A rash of vandalism made selling the houses a dangerous proposition. And her business relationship with Luke aroused passions she had never known, melting her confidence, turning her neatly established world inside out.