title: Hotel Deluxe
author: Randall, Rona
description: Can anyone ever really erase the black marks of an unfortunate past?
  
  Stella Baker seemed to have done so--she had a job she loved, working for John Henson, the man she loved, and the past had faded into a dimly remembered unpleasantness. And then something went wrong--wrong enough to rake over old coals, to cost Stella her job, and to cause John to suggest that they "don't see one another until the mess blows over...."
  
  Hurt by John's lack of support, and desperate to clear her name, Stella managed to get another job. But once again something happened, and now Stella realized she was the deliberate pawn in a dangerous game. With no one else to turn to, Stella sought help from Blaine McDermott, a fellow employee--and learned to distinguish between the look of love and the strength of love....