Gazing at the stunning blonde across the hotel lounge, dashing entrepreneur Conrad Wendel felt desire curl in him. He was on fire for this goddess—and he had to make the lovely beauty his! — Heller Blane was working double shifts to pay her mother's hospital bills, but she feared she'd never earn enough in time... until the myste... more »rious stranger offered her ten thousand dollars to have dinner with him. Heller knew it was risky, but Conrad's brash proposition was dangerously appealing... and she felt undeniably drawn to the enigmatic man with eyes of emerald fire that enflamed her. But when dawn broke, she had vanished, the breathless passions of their night together only memories that haunted Conrad. He'd fallen in love with a shimmering shadow, and he must find his vanished siren whose trail led to a tropical island paradise. But could he capture the elusive water nymph whose heart had touched his soul, and keep her safe in his embrace?