A pesar de que profesionalmente era su rival, durante años, Matt Bates había deseado a Laurel Armand, desde que la vio en la foto enmarcada que tenía Curt, el hermano de ella, en la mesa de la habitación que compartieron en la universidad. Pero, en cuanto los dos reporteros rivales se enteraron de que debían investigar un asesinato en la calurosa Nueva Orleans, Matt tomó la decisión de convertir a su hermosa adversaria en su dispuesta compañera en la pasión.

So much smoking! The book was written in 1985 so the newspaper has typewriters and copy boys and there are no mobile phones, it felt almost like a different world! Laurel Armand and Matthew Bates work together in New Orleans (very pre-Catriona!) in a newspaper. Matthew has been attracted to her for years but doesn't know how to approach her. The two of them are drawn into a mystery when a woman asks the right questions about a murder and when letters received by the dead woman go missing they know they're onto something.

I did guess the who of the murderer quite early on but the journey was quite enjoyable. It's interesting to see the changes from then to now with Nora Roberts ( )