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Cicely St. John is not impressed by her friend C.J. Callahan’s so-called passion in life: running a New York City bar that he inherited from his uncle. So why can’t Cicely stop thinking about the dance they shared at their mutual friends’ wedding—or the mutual attraction she felt in C.J.’s arms?

As far as C.J. is concerned, Cicely is a snob whose “passion” in life—writing for fashion magazines—is as pretentious as she is. So why can’t he keep his eyes off her? C.J. has a business to run. And Cicely has a job opportunity in Paris. Neither of them even has time to think about romance right now. But maybe, just once, the two could test their friendship…with just one kiss.

Chapter 1

In less than twelve hours C. J. Callahan’s life would be over, and there was nothing he could do about it.

His long-fingered hand loosely wrapped around a longneck, C. J. sat in the back booth of his bar, Callahan’s, on the West Side of New York and contemplated his life . . . or what was left of it.

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