Natural Born Charmer / Susan Elizabeth Phillips 392 p. December Challege: 7 Swans-a-swimming

Chicago Stars quarterback Dean Robillard is driving cross-country to figure out about his life.  He has got it good.  He is a star of the NFL and a billboard model for End Zone underwear.  His interest is piqued when he sees a young woman dressed in a beaver suit marching along a Colorado road.  He gives her a ride to her apartment, becomes intrigued by her situation and offers her a ride.  Blue Bailey is broke and needs to get to an urban area to get work as an itinerant portrait painter. She plans to keep him entertained, clothed, and in the dark as to just how desperate she is.  They head for his summer home being rehabbed by a 52 year-old former rock-n-roll groupie.   More and more people get involved in their lives.  And attraction grows in the contemporary romance.