No Gentle Possession

Karen Sinclair was deeply ashamed of her brief, inglorious love affair with Alexis Whitney seven years earlier. Since then she'd settled down—with an interesting job and a steady boyfriend.

Everything was so calm and pleasant that when Alexis unexpectedly came back into her life, Karen was shocked to realize she still found him disturbingly attractive.

But Alexis hadn't been the least bit interested in marraige all those years ago. And with his beautiful stepmother, Michelle, around, why should he be interested now…?