Francesca Valera, innocent temptress, daughter of an underworld kingpin. She was the only woman Rafe O'Hara wanted, and the one woman he could never have. His job was to get her safely to her unknown fiance; it would cost him his life to love her.
But when their sabotaged plane crashed in the Sierra Madre, all bets were off. As they fled from their pursuers, it got harder for Rafe to tell the good guys from the bad--and harder to resist Francesca. Especially the morning she came to him bearing a gift of wild cherries....
Veronica Sattler is the best-selling author of nine historical romances and two contemporaries. A native of New Jersey with an MA in English Literature from Rutgers University, Veronica lives in rural Pennsylvania with her daughter, Alyssa, two sassy cats and an Irish Wolfhound that weighs more than she does. She is a member of Romance Writers of America, Novelists, Inc. and the Writers Union.
This is one of the first romance books I ever read. I think I was maybe 15 when I read it and oh....my! I will NEVER forget this book. I am now 30 and to this day, this book is one of my all time favorites. It is so hot and passionate! This book will forever live in my heart.