Personal Assets — Emma Holly

There's something about the Parisian boutique Meilleurs Amis that provokes all who enter to blur the line between business and pleasure. No one knows this better than Beatrix Clouet, the daughter of its infamous and not-so-dearly departed founder. Now the fate of the exclusive chain rests in the hands of Englishman, Philip Carmichael, Bea's young and handsome beau-pere. With temptation so near at hand, the time has come for her to see if the attraction that has always simmered between them lives up to its promise.

Meanwhile, Bea's best friend, Lela, wants a chance to run the New York branch. For this she needs management lessons and turns to get them from enigmatic executive Simon Graves. They strike a devil's bargain: for each lesson Simon gives, Lela will trade a night of sexual bliss. It's a perfect arrangement, until Simon threatens the very future of the boutiques--not to mention Lela's dearest friendship.