title: Chance Encounters
author: Nosky, Virginia
description: Chance Mallory is running for governorship of Arizona against the feisty mayor of Phoenix, Barbara Stafford. As the primary campaign heats up, the candidate s exchanges become sharper. Athena Kerr, Stafford s staff lawyer and niece is infuriated by what she considers Mallory s unfair jabs at her aunt. He approaches Athena to join his staff in the interest of party unity and finds her fascinating. She doesn t trust him, but reluctantly agrees to work for his campaign. Athena fights her attraction to Chance, and can find no confidence in his motives. The two begin sparring even as she makes herself indespensable. As the election draws closer and and she admits her feelings for him, she is stunned to find another woman in his life, one he assured her was a thing of the past....