A Strange Elation — Prudence Martin

She didn't want to want him! Searle Delacorte was young and lovely, on her own, and liked it-- until playboy Buck Carlton disrupted her neatly ordered existence.

She and Buck would mix about as well as oil and water, thought Searle. She was determined to resist him. But Buck was determined to bring out the woman behind Searle's frosty facade. She could not deny the strange and thrilling desire she felt, the passion that threatened to consume her, the yearnings that stirred within. But could she risk heartache? Could she surrender herself to the need for love that she had buried so long ago?