MAX -- He Was the Best Kind of Kisser: a Man Who Took His Time -- and Took Her Breath Away He was a man who'd chosen not to be tied down to any one place or woman, but when Ashley Whitfield crashed her car into the garden of his seaside inn, Max Hayden sensed that this sweet temptation came with invisible strings a man could never escape! First she spilled her lingerie all over the lobby, then invaded his office, his privacy, and finally his bedroom. Too Hot to Handle She'd made a habit of drifting through her life, but when Ashley finally realized she was engaged to a man she didn't love, she ran - straight into trouble of the most sizzling kind! Max's touch set her on fire, inflamed a hunger she'd feared she'd never know, but keeping him meant settling down, taking root at long last. Once Max admitted he wanted her more than he needed his freedom, would she stay?