To take her mind off the math, Georgeanne thought of the pink tea she and her grandmother planned to have after school. But each time she counted, she came up with the same answers-the wrong answers.

Sometimes she stared at the little drawings of sticks so hard her head and eyes ached. She hated math, but she especially hated counting all those dumb bundles of sticks. Georgeanne laid her forehead on the piece of paper sitting on her desk and listened to the sounds of her fourth grade classmates playing outside at recess beneath the warm Texas sun. At least when she was reading, she could move her finger along the tricky words and fake it sometimes. Mathematics gave Georgeanne Howard a headache, and reading made her eyes hurt. The first book in the Chinooks Hockey Team series, 1998 Is he really a changed man? And will he risk the wrath of his boss, and one final chance at glory, to prove that this time his love will be everlasting? Georgeanne has loved John since the moment she jumped into his little red Corvette seven years ago, but she doesn't want to risk her heart again. But he is shocked to learn that their single unforgettable night in paradise produced a daughter, and he is determined to be part of her life.

When Georgeanne and John meet again, she is on her way to becoming Seattle's domestic darling and he is past his hellraising days. But a long night stretches ahead of them-a night too sultry to resist temptation. At the height of his hockey career, this bad boy isn't looking to be anybody's savior but his own, no matter how beautiful this angel may be. John Kowalsky unknowingly helps her escape, and only when it's too late does he realize that he's absconded with his boss's bride. Georgeanne Howard, charm school graduate and Southern belle extraordinaire, leaves her fianci at the altar when she realizes she just can't marry a man old enough to be her grandfather, no matter how rich he is.

Simply irresistible by rachel gibson