Playing for Keeps
Stephanie Patterson

Hallie grew up in Tyler’s shadow. He was the son her father never had, while she became the disappointment her father couldn’t accept. Despite their animosity there has always been a strong attraction between the two, though neither of them dared to acknowledge it. Now he is the enemy bent on her seduction and he will send her to prison in a heartbeat unless she can prove her innocence. Still, the first thing Hallie must do in her battle with this particular man is safeguard her heart.
NOTE: This book is a second edition of the novel, Playing for Keeps, originally published in 2000 and written under the penname, Stephanie Salinas. It contains an Alpha male hero who swears and says mean things to the heroine. It also contains a black leather clad, guitar-slinging heroine with attitude, who also swears and dishes it right back at him. Now you know.