What had come over Bernadette Dowd? Reporter Max Laird couldn't imagine. The sedate Miss Dowd had let her hair down and become a tigress overnight. Queen of the duller than dishwater assignments, Bernadette now declared herself Max's rival in the newsroom-and a partner in his riskiest criminal investigation. As they raced through the night, steps ahead of danger, Max held her as if he'd never let go. Suddenly he needed to know everything about Bernadette Dowd....
THAT SPECIAL WOMAN! She's friend, wife, mother--she's you! And beside each Special Woman stands a wonderfully special man.
Betty Marie Wilhite had always wanted to write. She married Doug, and they had three boys, the first was Douglas Jr., four years later Benjamin, and nine years later the last, Matthew. The family lived in Wilmington, Delaware. She began writing romances soon after Matthew was born. She wrote under the pseudonyms of Betsy Page, Elizabeth Douglas, Elizabeth August and Kathleen Ward.