Fair Play
by Deirdre Martin

A little competition never hurt anybody...

Theresa Falconetti has it all: brains, beauty, a quick wit and her own PR business. To the deep disappointment of her large family, she never dates Italians, men from her old Brooklyn neighborhood, or professional athletes. Especially not athletes...

Michael Dante, popular hometown hero and winger for the Stanley Cup champion New York Blades is all three—and he is head over heels for her.

For Michael, Theresa's NO HOCKEY PLAYERS rule is a check to the heart. Nothing he does seems to melt her resolve. His stubborn refusal to give up on this wise-cracking brunette who—he knows—is hiding from her roots is driving them both nuts. And when he hires her to publicize his family's restaurant, more than the kitchen heats up. Then Theresa finds herself an Upper East Side kind of guy, and Michael is forced to take his game to the next level...

IT'S FACE OFF TIME...

Deirdre Martin's Bio

Deirdre was six when she wrote her first "book", a Peanuts parody. Over the course of her twelve year freelance career, her work appeared in a wide variety of publications, including McCall's and The New York Times. In 1998, her first non fiction book was published: Investing for Retirement (Avon). She also contributed to Lifescripts for Managers, Lifescripts for Employees, and Lifescripts for the Self Employed. (MacMillan, 1999).

Her first romance, BODY CHECK, will be published by Jove in March of 2003. A second book, FAIR PLAY, is slated to be released by Jove in January of 2004. Deirdre is busily at work on her third book.

A resident of Ithaca, NY, Deirdre enjoys hiking and biking with her husband, Mark Levine, co author of the financial bestseller, Die Broke.