High Bid — Carole Halston

Katie Gamble would never forget the fateful night she'd made her father's assistant an offer he couldn't refuse, mistakenly thinking an hour of passion would lead to a lifetime of love.

But Katie was no longer seventeen, and after years of avoiding him, it was time to face quietly potent Louis McIntyre and right some old wrongs. After all, they had so much in common: the construction business, their devotion to Katie's father...the past. As for the future, Katie knew that high bids could break building contracts -- she feared that high hopes could break her heart.