Hold Back the Dawn — Judith Duncan

ONE SECRET DARKENED THEIR DAWNING LOVE

When Leslie Kairns met oil man Steve McRory at a business lunch, the air between them sizzled. She found it difficult to concentrate on selling either her skills as a geologist or her revolutionary theory on natural gas. His blue eyes were so incredible. When Steve offered her a job, Leslie was ecstatic -- for more reasons than one. Their initial rapport soon blossomed...into a fierce and breathless love.

But, like the leading edge of a storm, one thing threatened her blinding happiness. The truth of her past -- her only lie -- irrevocably betrayed his trust in her....