Sinister sanctuary
(Book)

A significantly different version of this book was previously published under the title: The gems of vice and greed.

Teddy Mack has to finish the latest book her bestselling thriller series, or her editor and agent are going to come and park themselves on her desk and force her to write--so she decides to cloister herself in a small cottage attached to a Lake Michigan lighthouse for the summer. No wifi, no Internet, no distractions. Until a heartbroken Oscar London, PhD, shows up with all of his microbiology equipment and takes over the same rental property. There's been a double-booking, and neither Teddy nor Oscar are willing to leave, and so the neurotic writer and the love-bruised scientist decide to make do--and stay out of each other's way. Which isn't all that easy to do after sharing an unexpected kiss in a hot springs pool