By Love Possessed — Linda Barlow

Refusing to let vague threats disrupt her vacation in Mexico, flamboyant shipping magnate Diana Adams rejects the idea of a bodyguard ... especially when he proves to be black-mustached, darkly powerful Francis O'Brien, the lover she unwittingly jilted years before. She's doubly vehement when he suggests just how closely her body needs guarding!

Delighting in her ability to elude him, Diana flees into the mountains. But like the "Mexican bandit" she dubbed him long ago, Francis ambushes her senses and steals her heart Like a man possessed, he stalks her in breathless pursuit, torn between his duty to protect her ... and his long-smoldering desire for revenge ...