Cactus Rose (Second Chance at Love)

the long version

Written by Zandra Colt, aka Florence Stevenson. Stacia, a reporter for a mildly respectable tabloid is sent to cover the wedding of Paul Curtis, a socially prominent and wealthy man. The wedding is a business merger. Paul is piloting the plane that will take Stacia to the wedding. Stacia, who wanted another assignment, takes an instant dislike to Paul as he does to her. She is rather disillusioned with men in general, her husband having been a philanderer. Paul dislikes her turning his wedding into tabloid fodder. The plane crashes in the Sierra Nevada mountains and Stacia and Paul must act as a team to survive. Sparks fly between them and eventually that anger turns to love as they make their way slowly to civilization. Though Paul tries to resist, Stacia actually takes the lead in seducing him. But can their love survive the adventure? Will Paul's mother and fiancé put an end to this romance? And what will happen now that Stacia's ex-husband George appears again - claiming to love her still? From a 2005 Amazon review by E.Lynch