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Annie Smith’s ordinary world is shattered when a gunshot renders her a victim of an armed bank robbery. As she recovers from the ordeal, she realizes that no adventure has prepared her for love—until she meets Griffin Chase. The handsome, affluent heir to the Chase fortune becomes her unlikely guardian and the prickly prince she secretly desired. Bound by duty and an unspoken attraction, Annie must navigate class differences and her own feelings in a race against time to determine if romance can be as thrilling as the danger that brought them together.
First publish date: 2001
Genre: Romance/Contemporary Romance
Authors: Christie Ridgway
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