HIGH TIDE (1st Ed. Pokcet book p/b!) By: Jude Deveraux

** Montgomery series... book 17

Toy company executive Fiona Burkenhalter has structured her whole life around her creation of adventure-seeking doll, Kimberly. The doll's astonishing success as a major rival to that other "B" doll has allowed Fiona to live a comfortable though structured life. And structure & security are important to her, compensation for the lonely childhood she spent being raised by an aunt & uncle while her father traveled the world. Between her NYC lifestyle & her affectionate but predictable boyfriend, Jeremy, her life's right where she wants it. But not for long!

When her boss gets an odd request from Roy Hudson, a millionaire who's also the creator of a children's TV show--"Raphael"--which is about to be launched nationwide, Fiona's life starts to unravel. For reasons she can't fathom, Roy wants her to come & join him on a 3-day fishing trip through the Everglades. She goes under duress, & trouble begins before she can even get out of the Fort Lauderdale airport when she inadvertently destroys a very expensive mechanical alligator, earning the extreme ire of Ace Montgomery, the man who owns it. The next day she discovers, much to her chagrin, that the river guide & owner of the boat that will be used on the fishing trip is none other than Ace!

Plenty of sniping & spats follow. When Roy turns up dead & his blood is, quite literally, on Fiona's hands, she & Ace are forced to go on the lam until they can find the connection that binds them--a connection that will hopefully lead to the real killer. In the process they discover that their mutual dislike of one another is merely a manifestation of their mutual attraction. If only they can escape from the police, the killer, and Ace's fiancee...!

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