Shady Lady — Patricia Coughlin

For years Kara McFarland had done precisely as she pleased within the idyllic confines of her Bahamian retreat -- including practicing karate on her kitchen chairs and tickling the ivories at 4:00 a.m. So how dare lean, mean interloper Max Ellis challenge her nocturnal pastimes? Worse, how dare he make her one of his nightly pursuits?

Sexy Max boldly probed Kara's privacy, claiming to seek honesty in a world of sham. Unfortunately, he was way off base. For at all costs Kara had to protect her shady past, even if it meant forfeiting a future with Max....