| AFTER MIDNIGHT Nicole Seymour had lost at love before--a first marriage that was such a fiasco she never even had a proper wedding night. Then Kane Lombard strolled down a South Carolina beach and into her heart. Here their paths seemed very far away, and all that mattered was discovering how much they cared for each other. but both were keeping secrets. "Beach" bum Kane was actually a wealthy Houston oilman, whose family owned the tabloid newspaper that was digging up dirt on Nikki's U.S. congressman brother. Nikki, the laughing, innocent woman of Kane's dreams was really the elegant, glittering Charleston socialite sister of his bitterest enemy. All too soon lies and political intrigue made them angry opponents. Their passion would become a two edged sword--a hunger that brought them together and a searing pain that drove them apart. And Nikki Seymour would become a woman in love with the one man she should never trust... |