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Micki Jordan is publicist to the brightest stars in the sports world. She's totally comfortable with the world of sports, men's locker rooms and the media spotlight, she's not so comfortable with her more feminine side.

But she's taken a header for the playboy, man about town baseball star, Damian Fuller and in order to get his reciprocal attention, with the help of her sister and the machinations of her uncle, she's revamping her look to become one hot number.

When Damian is hit with a paternity suit and her uncle is hospitalized with a broken hip, Micki's world takes on a series of complications that pull her in multiple directions. She would LIKE to punch Damian's lights out and do the same to her uncle who wouldn't feel it thanks to his pain pump, but instead she grits her teeth and deals with Damien's issue with the same clear-sighted and pragmatic approach she's dealt with other sports figures' faux pas.

By the time the paternity test Micki's recommended comes back that Damian is not the father, he's come to the realization that Micki is the girl he wants to settle down with, but she's decided that it's too risky to risk her heart again on him.

So how will Damian win Micki in the end?

Why the way any other star athlete does -- he has his agent cut a deal

Hot Number by Carly Phillips
published by Harlequin Enterprises Ltd 2005
ISBN 0-373-77055-3