Tempting Fate — Meryl Sawyer

Arizona journalist Kelly Taylor saw her illusions and her heart shattered when her husband died in a plane crash. Only then she learned he had a child, abandoned in a Venezuelan orphanage. After the pain and grief, she was left with an overwhelming yearning to rescue the little boy.

The only person she could turn to was undercover agent Logan McCord, who had also been kidnapped as a child and was still scarred from the harrowing incident. As a single woman, Kelly knew she didn't stand a chance of being able to legally adopt her husband's child in Venezuela. Now she desperately prayed that Logan's own tragic experience would convince him to not only help her, but also marry her.

Soon Kelly and Logan began a perilous liaison, joined in a sham marriage that aroused an irresistible desire. And together they confronted a maelstrom of secrets and danger, where an innocent child and a cruel killer were eagerly waiting...