Tall, Dark and Difficult — Patricia Coughlin

He was an officer...but no gentleman.

Once a dashing, decorated test pilot, embittered Major Hollis "Griff" Griffin no longer gave a damnabout anything -- except fulfilling his late aunt's eccentric last request, then leaving all lingering, loving memories behind. But he'd need help, dammit, from one Rose Davenport -- surely a fluttery old antiques addict.

Yet Rose proved leggy, delectable, and mulishly optimistic about restoring castoffs -- even unshaven, arrogant, former flyboys like him. Despite her fear of macho males, she bravely evoked Griff's random acts of tenderness, sentimentally spotting a hero beneath his bitterness. But Griff was no hero. So dare he wheedle this wary, wonderful woman into believing they'd share a bed of roses...forever?