Dear Corrie — Joan Smith

A WORD TO THE WISE

Corrie James, editor of a life-style column for a local newspaper, had a knack for solving other people's problems. "No commitment--no dice" was her motto on relationships. It always worked for her readers, but her own love life was a different matter.

Bryan Holmes, elite man-about-town, had no intention of settling down. Still, Corrie reasoned, one date with him wouldn't hurt. She never expected to be captured by his charm and seized by romantic fantasies of a future together. After all, Bryan was the wrong kind of man, and his brand of casual courtship could only end in disaster .. . .