Never As Strangers — Suzanne Simmons

Elisa wanted moonlight and roses. She had no use for her stepsister Charlotte's scheming ways. Nor could she understand the young girl's interest in Garth Brandau, a man 15 years her senior.

But when Charlotte suddenly ran off to Europe...when Garth suddenly appeared in Elisa's apartment...when he awoke in the morning to announce their "secret engagement" to her roommate, Elisa knew things had gone too far too fast. Garth was handsome, wealthy, successful-everything a practical woman would want. But to Elisa, a hopeless romantic, he was an arrogant stranger who had awakened her passions. If he meant to have her, he would first have to win her heart.