Nelson's Brand

When Allie goes with her soon-to-be-married friend to a bar, she is met with a passionate and intense gaze from Gene, brother of the groom-to-be and a known womanizer with striking green eyes. Allie falls head over heels for him at first glance; however, he pushes her away and leaves her with an ominous warning: "I'm not a good man-you'd best keep your distance from me." Devastated that the first man she's ever wanted has rejected her, she's surprised when he suddenly returns with serious injuries. As she heals his wounded body, he steals a kiss from her...her first kiss!

(c)NINA HATORI/DIANA PALMER