Summertime Blues

After fourteen years, Tanner Baines was still the same. Manlier, of course, leaner, perhaps, but with the same sun-streaked hair and the power to draw her irresistibly. Now he was back in Portland, and the sultry Oregon summer reminded Maggie of the passion they had briefly shared...and a love she could not forget.

Tanner throbbed with desire at Maggie Holts touch. He wanted her now more than ever. But how could he tell her the devastating truth that rendered their love impossible, forbidden? The past tormented them still, and grasping for happiness seemed, a desperate gamble . . . .