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Tori Maynard, the sharp‑eyed editor of Tampa’s Weekly Courier, first meets Chase Benton at the Gasparilla Day Parade and doubts his identity. A homeless man she thinks she knows turns out to be the managing editor of the Gulf Coast Sentinel, after he writes a powerful piece on homelessness. Their budding relationship is tested when Tori’s mentor, Pops, sells the Courier to the Sentinel’s company and Tori must choose between true affection for Chase and her career ambitions.
The novel explores journalism ethics, the challenges of the modern newspaper industry, and the complexity of a romance that begins amid shifting power dynamics.
Key themes include media ethics, career ambition, and romantic entanglements in a changing newsroom landscape.
First publish date: December 1992
Genre: Romance/Contemporary Romance
Authors: Jan McDaniel
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