Canvas of Passion — Deirdre Mardon

Like a swirl of brilliant colors was their canvas of passion...

Vanessa VanderPoel hated the month of December. A chromist for a New York atelier she had to spend the holiday season finishing color separations on artists' lithographs. But then, Vanessa was assigned to work with Jacques Power.

From the start, Vanessa knew that Jacques Power was different. One moment he could be as uncontrollable as his wiry red hair, and the next he was as withdrawn as a shy young boy. Yet Vanessa was intrigued enough to drive up to his country home during a blinding snowstorm to deliver his finished work. But in her wildest imagination, she could have never known the passion that was to be unleashed that night.