The Ties That Bind

Finally Shannon Raine decides to stop speculating about her dark, brooding neighbor on California's rugged Mendocino coastline - and just introduce herself. But the last thing she expects to find in this enclave of artists and writers is a Silicon Valley mogul. Garth Sheridan is cool, sensual and intriguing. And immediately Shannon knows the passion that flares between them will become intense and all-consuming. But the more intimate their desire becomes, the more Garth's life seems hidden from Shannon. She longs to understand this man and the other life he leads, far from the scenic haven they share. Somehow she has to convince Garth that he can trust her with the part of him that rules the ruthless, high-stakes arena of big money and corporate power. For only then can their two worlds become one.

Jayne Ann Krentz holds a B.A in History from the University of California, Santa Cruz, and a Masters degree in Library Science from San Jose State University. To help educate the public about the romantic genre she became the editor and a contributor to Dangerous Men and Adventurous Women, a non-fiction essay collection that won the prestigious Susan Koppelman Award for Feminist Studies. She and her husband live in Seattle.