Zach Taylor and Claudia Stuart have been at odds with each other for five years, a feud that masks the desire each truly feels. After a night of wine and gambling, they wake to find themselves married to each other. Disgust turns to a partnership when they discover they must use their marriage as a front to find a killer.Forced in close companionship, can passion tear down the wall between them before a power-hungry madman kills them both?Loves Romances 2002 Reviewers Choice Golden Rose Award Nominee?Best Romantic Suspense!Orange Rose Award Winner?Best Romantic Fiction With A California Setting?!