To Have and to Hold — Lori Herter

Yes -- she couldn't deny it -- she still wanted him. But it could never be as it had been before.

A few short years ago Stacie Smythe had been his student at the university. Awed by his brilliance, overwhelmed by her own desire, she had become his wife. She had married him...then left him to make a life of her own. Now a professional photographer with a New York magazine, she had been assigned to Phoenix to do an article on Gray Pierce's archaeological work, forced to face the man who was still her husband. Once she had sat at his feet. Now she was determined to stand on her own. And yet everything within her longed for his searing kiss, for the warm haven of his arms. Could she ever again be his wife?