Cat D'Angelo had been the town's bad girl and Blake Wheeler its golden boy when the young assistant D.A. sent her to the reformatory for suspected car theft Now, ten years later, she'd returned to work as a counselor for troubled kids—and to even the score with the man who'd hurt her so deeply! But time had only strengthened the powerful forces that drew them together... and Blake felt inescapable hunger for the beautiful, complicated hellcat who could drive a man to ruin—or to ecstasy. Cat tried to keep a façade of icy indifference when she was around him, but she couldn't forgive Blake for the heartbreak he'd caused, the pride he'd shattered—nor forgive herself for still wanting to be touched and loved by a man who'd betrayed her. Blake yearned to take her in his arms and burn away the past, to banish the pain in her eyes that he'd put there. Could the love and hate Cat had held so long in her heart be fused by the fire of mutual need and finally healed by passion?
Author
New York Times and USA Today best-selling author Suzanne Forster is living proof of Shakespeare’s maxim that the uses of adversity are sweet. Suzanne’s writing career began by accident. Literally. A car accident ended her dreams for a career in clinical psychology. During her recovery, she began writing to fill the hours, and before she was well enough to return to graduate school, she’d sold her first book and launched a new career. Since then Suzanne has written more than thirty novels and been the recipient of countless awards, including The National Readers’ Choice Award for Shameless, her mainstream debut. She’s received recognition for outstanding sales from Waldenbooks and Bookrak, and her recent novel, Unfinished Business, was made into a movie for the Oxygen Network. Suzanne has a Master’s Degree in Writing Popular Fiction, and she teaches and lectures frequently. Her seminars on Women's Contemporary Fiction at UCLA and UC Riverside were rated outstanding, and her most requested workshop, "The High-Concept Synopsis," is based on personal experience. Her breakout novel, Shameless, sold on a synopsis that triggered a bidding war and garnered her a six-figure contract. Suzanne has received considerable media attention, including a feature segment on Extra, NBC's news and entertainment magazine, and an Emmy Award–winning "Special Report" on CBS Channel 23 News. Her many print appearances include the L.A. Times, the Philadelphia Inquirer, Redbook and Orange Coast Magazine
