Promises Of The Heart — Elaine Overton

Life is tough for mechanic Callie Tyler, between keeping her party-loving, cross-dressing cousin out of trouble, and struggling to keep her financially strapped garage out of bankruptcy. The last thing she needs is to make an enemy of dangerously attractive Julian Cruise -- one of the most powerful men in Detroit. But by causing him to wreck his beloved, antique sports car, that's exactly what she's done. In desperation, Callie makes a deal with the devil. But with one look in Julian's smoldering eyes, she realizes that the price he demands may be more than she is willing to pay.

With his regular mechanic out of town, Julian is left with no choice but to place his precious treasure in an apprentice's hands. What he doesn't realize is that the apprentice and his new adversary are one and the same -- Callie! Despite his attempts to resist her, the petite lady mechanic is stirring turbulent emotions that are proving impossible to resist....