Raising the Stakes — Judith Arnold

She intrigued him from the start

Jeremy Kent had never met a woman like Marlo McGinnis before. A real-life private detective! Marlo was beautiful, efficient, and no-nonsense. She was going to track down Allison, his associate's daughter, who had been snatched out of Jeremy's car.

Marlo, however, wanted nothing to do with the handsome young architect. Jeremy was obviously too rich, too successful, too gorgeous for a working woman like her ....

But when Jeremy insisted on joining her in the search for Alison, Marlo couldn't bring herself say no, even though she knew the stakes were high -- she was beginning to care too much....