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Don’t miss the chance to read the novels that launched New York Times bestselling author Sharon Sala’s career.

WHOSE SIDE WAS SHE REALLY RUNNING TO?

Debbie Randall told herself her trip from California to Oklahoma was an errand of mercy. Her best friend's father had broken his leg in a car crash, and she had offered to help him out while he recovered. But, deep down inside, she knew that something else—or, rather, someone else—was behind her offer.

While she was helping Morgan Brownfield recuperate, she would have a chance to spend time with his son, Cole. Since the day she'd met him last summer, she hadn’t been able to forget the tall, quiet cop with the solemn eyes. She'd fallen for him, and she wasn't about to let love slip through her fingers just because he lived halfway across the country.

Cole was wary from the minute Debbie arrived. He'd faced stakeouts and drug busts without fear, but this woman had single-handedly sent him running for cover. He'd chosen to lead a solitary life for a reason, and there was no way on earth he was going to let her weaken his resolve. The problem was, his heart had other ideas.

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The fury in Cole’s eyes made her shake.

“I’m okay,” she whispered, wrapping her arms around his waist and hugging him.

“Well, I’m not,” he muttered.

Debbie loved holding him. Even if it made him nervous. He was so big and so hard in so many interesting places and—her hands ceased their movement beneath his jacket. She looked up.

“It’s my gun.”

She yanked her hands back as if she’d just put them on a snake. “Well, I know that,” she said. “I just wasn’t expecting it. Are you working on this case?”

“Let’s just say I have a…vested interest…in seeing that nothing else happens to you, lady.”

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“Ms. Sala tugs at our heartstrings with tender persistence, making us ache with joy and wonder.”

—Romantic Times Magazine

“Sharon Sala is not only a top romance novelist, she is an inspiration for people everywhere who wish to live their dreams.”

—John St. Augustine, Power! Talk Radio WDBC-AM Michigan

Dear Reader

Dear Reader,

I am so pleased Silhouette is reissuing Gentle Persuasion. This book is the continuing story of the Brownfield family, which I first introduced to you in Always a Lady, published last month and available now, as well.

For me, seeing my first five books in print again is a little like coming home. I’m being reunited with characters I created, but characters whom I learned to respect and love.

In this story, Cole Brownfield is a tough, no-nonsense cop until he is reunited with Debbie Randall, the woman who comes to help his father recuperate after a crippling accident. She’s audacious and lovable, and she turns the all-male Brownfield household upside down.