Strictly Business

Jess Brannen adored practical jokes -- especially when they were played on someone else! That was how she ended up at a male strip show in Atlantic City, enjoying the delicious torment of one of her friends. But when she awoke next morning beside Nick Mikaris, the joke was on her -- and it had backfired! How could she ask the good-looking architect to hire her to landscape his newest luxury homes, once he'd seen her nearly naked and knew she'd shared a stranger's bed?