Taste of a Dream — Casey Douglas

As rioting beset the Malaysian capital, two strangers sheltered in a basement -- and fell in love. The madness of the world was purged with the night. With the dawn they were separated....

Until four years later in Washington, when cultural adviser Danielle Davis and logger Ryan Kilpatrick locked horns at an embassy party. The minute their eyes met, they became the intimate strangers of long ago.

Mutual need made them forget that high-handed diplomats and headstrong loners don't mix. For they wouldn't be content with just a taste of life....