Twelve Across

Leah Gates is used to filling in blanks, but she’s got no words for the feelings Garrick Rodenheiser stirs in her . . . Leah Gates makes up crossword puzzles for a living – a nice, tame occupation in a safe urbane setting. Now knee-deep mud, facing lashing rain and a burned-down cabin, what was her friend Victoria thinking of, sending her up here to the wilds of New Hampshire? Meanwhile, woodsman Garrick Rodenheiser was stunned and wary when Leah turned up shivering on his porch, knowing it meant trouble for him. But he couldn't slam the door in her face . . . or shut out the storm of feeling that raged between them.