title: Playing With Fire
author: Cannon, T.L.
description: Kira St. James knows trouble when she sees it and she sees a whole lot of it in the mischievous glint in Ethan’s Chance’s eyes as they lock with hers across the boardroom.  Having had her heart broken and her professional reputation tarnished by a previous romantic entanglement with the consummate player and part time art thief, the beautiful Corporate Troubleshooter knows first hand just how much trouble he can be.  So when he saunters his way into the well ordered life she’s built for herself in Hong Kong,  looking to charm his way into both her bed and the multi-national corporation that she is sworn to protect, Kira is hell-bent on keeping the handsome rogue out of both, at all costs.
  
  Driven by a thirst for revenge, Ethan Chance is a man on a mission.  He has come to Hong Kong for the sole purpose of acquiring a lucrative Macau gambling sub-concession from the powerful Wong family and he won’t let anything stand in his way, not even the woman he loved and lost two years prior.   When he’d learned that he would have to tangle with his former lover to achieve his goal, he knew he was going to have his work cut out for him.  What he didn’t know was that the sparks that would fly as he and Kira butted heads would re-ignite the flames of desire in them both, causing him to alter his  plans as he becomes determined to acquire both the sub-concession and Kira St.James herself.
  
  Kira and Ethan’s conflicting agendas put them on a collision course with each other however, when a priceless Chinese ceremonial dagger is stolen and a man is murdered, both of their agendas take a backseat to solving the crimes…or do they? As the two join forces in their search for a killer and their passion escalates along with the danger that surrounds them, Kira’s lingering suspicions about the wily Ethan threaten to derail their investigation.   Can Kira and Ethan overcome his past betrayal long enough to solve the murder or will Kira’s mistrust of Ethan lead her into the clutches of cold blooded killer?