Power Play — Deirdre Martin

They were acting when they met. They dated under false pretenses. But their attraction was all too real...

As a leading soap opera actress, Monica Geary is good at faking it. But pretending to fall for NHL star and notorious playboy Eric Mitchell is going to be her hardest role ever. Yet she has no choice, for she desperately needs an edge in order to maintain her daytime diva status.

Eric Mitchell is a man in demand. First he was traded to save the New York Blades, and now the publicity deparrtment has loaned him out to help boost Monica Geary's career. What no one knows is that one of People magazine's hottest bachelors is also a soap opera fan. He's had his eyes on Monica for years -- and can't wait to get his arms around her...