The Price of Passion — Elizabeth Oldfield

She was supremely confident in business

Gabrielle had built up a successful business empire single-handedly. She positively thrived on challenge and stress.

Personal affairs were another matter. Handling Saul O'Connor when he resurfaced in her life after an eight-year gap was a different ball game entirely. Whenever Saul was around she seem incapable of handling anything. Her usual composure deserted her.

The past is gone, Gabby, he told her. But it wasn't that easy for her to forget what he had once meant to her -- and still did.

Hero: Saul O'Connor
Heroine: Gabrielle Peters