Never again would Gioia Murphy agree to a blind date. The blond hunk she'd been promised turned out to be dark, rugged and so unthrilled to see her, she wondered why he'd shown up at all. Still, it was just as well they hadn't hit it off. A man as complex as Thaddeus Creed would probably only complicate her life... Thad should have known covering for his younger brother would get him into trouble. He'd only wanted to save a harmless woman from getting stood up. But Gioia was far from harmless - she was irresistible! And if Creed men just couldn't relate to women, why was he so anxious to see Gioia again?
Author
Dixie Burrus was born on September 09, 1930 in North Carolina's Outer Banks, U.S.A, where her family had lived for generations, to sea captain Dozier Burrus and Achsah Williams. Her father was the professional baseball player Maurice Lennon "Dick" Burrus, she has two sisters, Mary and Sarah Burrus. Dixie is an artist and romance writer. She began writting contemporany romance novels as Zoe Dozier, now she writes her contemporary romances with her married name, Dixie Browning, and historical romances with her sister, Mary Burrus Williams as Bronwyn Williams, one combination of their married names. She has been awarded a Romance Writers of America RITA Award, and been a five-time RITA finalist. She has also won three Maggies, and numerous awards from the National Federation of Press Women and the NC Press Club.
