He wanted a relationship with "no strings" attached.

Her solution: Tie him in knots ... of desire.

Science fiction writer Amy Slater was happy to keep her dates with Jed Glaze strictly platonic. After all, when a drop-dead handsome man is single, in his thirties, and disappears overseas on "business" trips for months, it's a safe bet he isn't husband material.

Then Jed called her in the middle of the night from the airport. He asked for a ride home; he needed a lot more. Amy could see he was injured and should be in bed... hers, of course. But getting tangled in the sheets with a friend, one who was either a criminal or a spy, would leave questions between them ... and absolutely nothing else. So Amy made the first move. She opened up and told Jed the startling truth about her own past. Her last boyfriend had been murdered, she needed to go back to the Pacific island where it happened, and if tough, mysterious Jed came along, she'd feel protected from her darkest fears. The only danger left would be Jed's secrets -- and how they could break her heart.