title: Slow Burn
author: Gerard, Cindy
description: ADAM--The Tough Renegade Whose Secrets She Longed to Uncover...
  
  He was a wanderer, a stray whose troubled gaze barely hid his anger and despair, but Joanna Taylor knew-she'd offer Adam Dursky the handyman job at her Minnesota lodge. Drawn to a loneliness in him that echoed her own, she couldn't fight the fierce desire his touch awakened in her, nor silence her yearning to feel a woman's deepest passion in the embrace of a strong lover.
  
  Sweet Surrender
  
  Adam had tried to stop running from ghosts and shadows, but only the silken seduction of Joanna's caress kept the terrible memories at bay. Determined to convince his adorable roughneck that forgiveness was better than regret, Adam insisted Joanna make peace with her own past. Could a redheaded rebel who'd given up on love heal the pain of a hero who thought he'd lost his courage?