FIVE SMOOTH STONES . . . - They were Regan Thorne's legacy - and the key to the dark mystery swirling around her. It looked more and more as if those five glorious jewels might just cost her her sanity - and maybe her life. - Regan was used to handling problems on her own, but this time she had to have help. She found what she needed - and a whole lot more - in the unwilling person of Cole Shepherd. But the cynical, hard-bitten man made a practice of never, ever, getting involved.He wanted her to believe she'd be better off without the likes of him in her life. But Regan Thorne wasn't in the jewel business for nothing. She knew a diamond in the rough when she saw one...