Spider's Web

by Allie Jordan

When novelist Fletcher Sims decided to rent the garage apartment of a Georgia university professor, he imagined his landlady to be a doddering white-haired matron. But Silvia Fitzpatrick took him by surprise. Her dark, shiny hair had a jaunty bounce, and her trim figure defied the fact that she was a grandmother. Despite her sleek grace, she possessed a fiery spirit that wasn't concealed by her calm demeanor...and Fletch was a sucker for spirited women. Perhaps she would be the one to cure him of this tired, burned-out feeling, the writer's block that threatened to end his career.
From the first moment she saw him standing at her back door, Silvia knew he was trouble. Sleek, tanned, and barefoot, his body looked as wild and sensual as the world-famous hero of his novels, Spider Malone. Fletch reminded Silvia of the power of desire...and the agony of the morning after. She'd worked hard to gain the respect of this conservative university town. A man like Fletch Sims could destroy her reputation with one swashbuckling kiss.
She tried to avoid him, but Fletch had a way of turning up at the most awkward times. And with each meeting, she realized that Fletch had a lot in common with Spider Malone, the suave man of action, equally welcome in the boardroom and the bedroom. Like Spider, Fletch was a man who got what he wanted. And there was no doubt about his intentions toward Silvia. He was sweeping her into the romantic adventure of a lifetime...and she was hoplessly caught in Spider's web.

220 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 1991

About the author

Sandra Chastain was born on 1936 in Wadley, Georgia, 100 miles northwest of Savannah. As a little girl, she created fantasy lives for her paper dolls, and then she discovered Nancy Drew. Sandra wrote her first novel with a friend when she was 10 years old, The Mystery of the Green Necklace. Some four decades later, when her three daughters had gone off on their own, she returned to writing and was soon busy with writing, in addition to working with her husband in their veterinary practice in Smyrna, Georgia. Before long she was writing full time.

Published since 1988, she writes historical novels for Bantam, short contemporary romances for Harlequin, and southern women's fiction for Bellebooks. To date, she has produced over 50 works, including her first fairy tale, The Tiniest Fairy In the Kingdom, published by Bellebooks. She writes under pennames Jenna Darcy and Allie Jordan as well as in her own name. Sandra has won many honors and recognitions from her industry.

Reviews

[Sara]

It was a good light read.