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Brooke Gordon, a skilled commercial director, is assigned to a new project that brings her together with Parks Jones, a former baseball player who is a novice in front of the camera but a master of the game of baseball. While Brooke insists on maintaining professional control on set, Parks proposes a compromise: he will dictate the rules of their romance off camera. Their cooperation soon turns into a delicate dance between work and affection.
As they balance creative collaboration and personal desire, Brooke and Parks learn that the rules of love are often harder to follow than the scripts they write.
First publish date: 1984
Genre: Romance/Contemporary Romance
Authors: Nora Roberts
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