Lingering Laughter — Joanna Brandon

Lauren Shayler should have said "Sorry, wrong number" and hung up. But the sexy male voice calling "Anne, darling" riveted her to the phone. Owner of the Speedy Answering Service, she was even more astonished when police lieutenant Colby Sherman, the man with the irresistible sexy voice, appeared in the flesh to answer her complaint about crank calls she'd been receiving for weeks! Tall, blond, and devastating, he caught the culprit and took charge of everything, including her heart. How could she know that her competition for Colby's love would be his job? And that she would have to gamble on losing him in order to win him, body and soul!