Touched by Fire
Laurie Rowan was in luck.  LaVerne Associates, the leading New York decorating firm, had sent her to Europe to sketch eighteenth-century designs and bring a package of precious porcelains back to Paris.  It was the first step in putting thoughts of her broken engagement behind her.

And what a thrilling opportunity!  First Paris, then Marseilles.  First her encounter with ruggedly handsome David Kyle, the American businessman; then the seductive attentions of suavely elegant Count Jean-Claude Vieillerocque!  Wherever she turned there was romance -- and an elusive sense of danger.  Once burned, was she twice shy?  Should she trust her instincts -- or her heart?