The Longest Pleasure

the long version

Precocious and spoilt as a child, Helen Michaels had matured into a self assured, independent woman. But she still remembered her childhood tormentor, Rafe Fleming - after all, how could she forget him? Devastatingly attractive and decidedly dangerous, Rafe held no respect for the girl he used to know, or for the beautiful woman she had become, and their joint inheritance of a country estate only served to widen the rift between them. Helen resented his criticisms that she had neglected the responsibilities of the family estate. Could she conquer her grave suspicions about his motives or would she find herself running from him as before?