A Bird in Hand — Dixie Browning

TAKING A DIVE

Tyrus Clay felt as if he was caught between the devil and the deep blue sea. He'd been forced to retire from his career as a deep-sea salvage diver for health reasons. Now he was grounded -- stuck on dry land doing a diving study -- and his landlady could best be described as eccentric.

Anny Cousins usually ignored her boarders, but when Tyrus Clay arrived she was reminded of the wounded hawks she was licensed to care for. She knew she could help heal him -- she was accustomed to rehabilitating the wildest of wild creatures -- only she hadn't meant to lose her heart in the process!