A Girl's Best Friend — Marie Ferrarella

Down-on-her-luck Mikki Donovan prayed that diamonds were indeed a girl's best friend: a letter postmarked fifty years ago had landed in her mailbox, with clues leading to a fortune in the sparkling gems! Mikki raced to Texas, but the first thing to gleam at her was the dangerous glint in sexy stranger Shawn Gallagher's green eyes....

Shawn was an expert at deciphering clues...and the vulnerable look on a lovely face. Someone had to protect this feisty, fast-talking blonde from jewel thieves -- why not him? If only adorably arousing Mikki would stop suspecting him long enough to believe that a man, not money, was a girl's best bet....