Green Lightning

the long version

"It will never work," her friend warned Helen winced at the frank assessment of her chances for romantic happiness. For she had loved Heath since childhood, and as she'd grown into a woman, her emotions had deepened and changed in ways she was only starting to understand. Suddenly Helen wanted more than the warm affection Heath had always given her - she wanted the heat of his passion. But Heath thought of her as a child - and when he finally saw her for the woman she was, he sent her away...