Her mother needed her... Gwen had decided. Her mother's maddening new boarder enticed her as no one had before. Luke Powers was reputed to be an expert in both words and women. So she took a vacation from her demanding New York job with prestigious Style Magazine to go home to Louisiana. She'd left town a starry-eyed innocent headed for the big city. Now Gwenivere Lacrosse returned home a savvy, sophisticated woman. Gwen was sure that her mother had been duped by the successful and unscrupulous author. How could anyone fall for such a man? When Gwen met Luke she discovered the answer to her question: Luke was the most attractive man she had ever met. Gwen knew that she should persuade him to return to his native California...but how could she, when she knew that he would take her heart with him?