When lawyer Lynn Hayes's career depends on keeping one of the long-lost McCoy heirs out of jail, she braces herself for a courtroom battle. But the defendant's rigid sense of duty is the first enemy she faces-followed quickly by her unyielding attraction to the man.
And A Misguided Gentleman Major Rick Branigan's debt to his buddy shouldn't cost him his reputation, or so says the long-legged beauty sent by the McCoy clan to bring him home to Dependable, Missouri. But when the U.S. Marine Corps is your family you don't break their code of honor, even for a woman like Lynn Hayes...do you?
Leah Vale was born and raised in southwestern Washington State, earned a BA in Communications focusing on Advertising from the University of Washington, and now resides in Portland Oregon with her husband of 14 years, two sons, ages 7 and 10, and an ancient golden retriever. Her hobbies include skiing, scuba diving (only in warm water), and golf, which she's terrible at but loves anyway.