title: The Proposition
author:  Kate Bridges 
description: Jessica Haven desperately needs to get to Devil's Gorge. A medical journalist, she claims it's a research trip, but secretly she hopes to find out about her missing son. Sergeant Major Travis Reid is going to Devil's Gorge to deliver three horses to a buyer, but the moody Mountie has no intention of shepherding the spoiled mayor's daughter through the Canadian Rockies. Then a bit of political pressure forces Travis to escort Jessica and her butler, but Travis is determined that the two will either keep up or get left behind. But after one week, Jessica and Travis discover how totally wrong their mutual first impressions were--and just how strong their desire for each other truly is. The latest in Bridge's Canadian Mounted Police series is beautifully set against the natural grandeur of the Rockies and provides more pleasure for readers who like western historicals that deftly mix danger and desire. <i>John Charles</i><br /><i>Copyright  American Library Association. All rights reserved</i>
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  “I want
  
  
  
  
  
  you
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  and I want you
  
  
  
  
  
  now,
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ” Kate challenged him furiously.
  
  
  
  
  
  “But why, Katherine, why do you suddenly want me so much?” Edmund asked.
  
  “Because…” She almost let something betraying slip out, but stopped herself
  just in time, just as she always had when it came to her feelings for him.
  
  “Because I’m irresistible? Because I make your world shift and brighten
  whenever I come into the room? Or is it just because I’m the first man to get
  past your ice-queen defenses and make you feel the possibilities of being a
  real woman?” he pressed.
  
  “I really can’t imagine,” she said with a superb attempt at frosty dignity.
  
  “Oh, I think you can, Kate,” he murmured.
  
  “So you can prove to me I’m just a foolish woman like any other you might care
  to kiss in the dark? I think you just did that,” she said quietly.
  
  “If that was all I wanted, I could have done it perfectly well three years ago
  and got it out of the way,” he said flatly.
  
  “Arrogant, boasti