Baby, Don't Go/Susan Andersen/384 pgs.

This is one of Susan Andersen's earlier works. Security Specialist Daisy Parker owns a fledgling security company. So, against her better judgment, she takes on her ex-stepbrother, Nick Coltrane, as a client. 9 years earlier, when Daisy was only 19 years old, she and Nick had a "night of passion," after which Nick promptly left her. Now Nick has come to her for protection from some goons who have trashed his dark room--did I mention that Nick is a professional photographer? Nick intentionally fails to tell Daisy that he has pictures of J. Fitzgerald Douglass in a "compromising" position with a young woman who is not his wife. Douglass is an icon in San Francisco society--a successful businessman and philanthropist. He is also looking to be appointed as an American ambassador to a Middle Eastern country. Needless to say, Douglass wants the negatives to the damning pictures. Nick is going to sell the photos to the highest tabloid bidder--something that goes against all of his professional integrity. He needs to do it, however, to generate money to help his sister, Maureen, out of a financial bind. As a result, there are misunderstandings between Daisy and him, the thugs Douglass hires to get the negatives are incompetent, and the fun begins. It's a fast, entertaining read--very light!