SHE NEEDED SOME TIME ALONE.Marisa Perett was on her way home when Hurricane Bertha swept through theFlorida Keys, leaving destruction in her wake. When Marisa rescued newsmanMichael Novak from the sea, his effect on her was just as devastating. ButMarisa couldn't afford to fall in love. She had to return to San Felipe,where she'd once been First Lady. The people needed her, and she'dreluctantly agreed to reunite, in name only, with the man who had been herhusband in order to help sway the presidential elections. Suddenly, shefound herself torn between a love without a future... or a future withoutlove.