Worth the Trip — Penny McCall

For behavioral psychologist Norah MacArthur, relationships and family are stressful and messy. That's why she leads a quiet, clinical, solitary life -- that is, until the days leading up to the release of her con-artist father from jail. For fifteen years, Lucius has managed to conceal the location of his stolen bank loot, but now everyone from two-bit crooks to the feds is scrambling to get hold of it -- and Norah is the perfect leverage.

It's a quick leap from "control group" to "out of control" -- as FBI agent Trip Jones knows all too well. He might want to strangle Norah himself, but he's been sent to protect her. Besides, behind Norah's psychobabble and ugly suits, there's something special. Something way more valuable than ill-gotten gains -- and just maybe a real-life study in love...