A Rebel at Heart

He isn't the man she remembers.

Being cross-examined in a courtroom by stern, conservative attorney Griff Taylor, psychologist Melinda James is shocked to recognize him as her first love. But what has happened to the long-haired, denim- and earring-wearing teenaged rebel she knew as "Savage?" When did he become so €¦ normal? And why does she still find him irresistible, even in this somber and buttoned-downed package?

Griff isn't pleased to be reminded of his troubled early years. He has worked too hard to transform himself into an up-and-coming young attorney with a successful future ahead for him. But the memories sultry Melinda rouses in him are hard to repress €“ as is his growing attraction to the woman she has become. Can he give in to those feelings without releasing the savage soul he has spent the past dozen years trying to tame?

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Best-selling, award-winning author Gina Wilkins sold her first novel to Harlequin in 1987 and has been writing full-time since. Her 100th Harlequin book, HUSBAND FOR A WEEKEND, will be published by Harlequin Special Edition in April, 2012, coinciding with the thirtieth anniversary of the Special Edition line. She has recently penned her first psychological suspense novel, WAKE ME, a Kindle exclusive release.

Whether through drama, humor or suspense, she says her underlying theme in her storytelling has always been "the universally-identifiable search for a safe place to call home." She is a four-time winner of the respected Maggie Award for Excellence sponsored by Georgia Romance Writers and was nominated for a Lifetime Achievement Award by the reviewers of Romantic Times magazine.

A lifelong resident of central Arkansas, she earned a Bachelor of Science in Journalism from Arkansas State University and worked in advertising and multi-media employee training before launching her writing career. A past president of Fiction Writers of Central Arkansas, she is a member of Romance Writers of America, Diamond State Romance Authors, and Novelists, Inc. She has been married for more than thirty years to her husband, John, with whom she raised two daughters and a son, all pursuing careers in science and medicine.