Handcuffed in Housewares — Nikki Duncan

Some couples just click. Others require a hard hat and a stud finder.

Monday mornings have a reputation for sucking, and today is no different for Burton Anderson. One year ago, his "perfect" life full of prestige, money, success and travel crumbled in the glaring light of betrayal.

This morning? "This close" to making his new construction business a success, a date gone awry has left him handcuffed to a toilet in a housewares store. Naked. And the first customer of the day is coming down his aisle.

Planning and shopping for other couples' Big Day is about as wild and crazy as buttoned-up Leigh Schyuler gets. Until she gets an eyeful of Hearth and Home's daily special. He's definitely a "designer" temptation while she's "off the rack."

But there are risks, and then there are "risks." Burton isn't sure he can once again trust his heart to a woman who holds the power to ruin him. And Leigh discovers too late that indulging in a little no-strings sex is tying her dream of Devoted Love into hopeless knots...

Warning: Contains a hard-hatted, hard-bodied hero who's good with his hands, and a woman who'd like him to build a bridge over her sexual boundaries. Nuts and bolts never had it so good.