Cross My Heart — Phyllis Halldorson

His scapegrace brother had fallen in love again, but all Clinton Sterling had were the barest statistics on the woman in question. A state senator running for reelection, he couldn't afford any bad publicity. So it was up to him to make sure one Mary E. Haley didn't have trouble in mind.

But Mary Elyse shook Clinton's cool logic. From the moment she opened the door, her sweetness tugged at his wary heart. Could he trust this husky-voiced angel? And could he deny his errant desire for the woman his brother had already claimed?