No Roman Candles — Alice Lent Covert

Handsome Randy Templeton had all the qualities Julie Arnold admired, and if his touch failed to set her blood racing, to Julie love had nothing to do with fireworks.

Then she met Mike Dante. Mike, a test pilot, had returned to Breverton after three years, and the tiny seacoast town had revived painful memories -- of beautiful Lisa Markham and the tempestuous affair she had cruelly ended.

Deeply moved by Mike's hurt and bitterness, Julie was unable to turn down the challenge. Could she, in her quiet, gentle way, reach this brooding young man -- and free him of the memory of a woman who had been all fire and ice?