Sari had only herself to blame She'd known what kind of man Brent Holding was. Hadn't he warned her that lasting relationships did not interest him? "I dislike ties of any kind," the handsome sophisticate had told her when they first met. But still Sari fell in love with him. She tried to exclude him from her life, but failed. Unknowingly, she presented a challenge to Brent, and she found her already weakened defenses could not withstand the onslaught of his persuasive seduction.