Hero For the Asking

She has never met anyone quite like him.Her sister's friend, Clay McEntire, expresses his offbeat humor in a quirky wardrobe and outrageous flirting, leaving more conservative optometrist Spring Reed wondering if she can believe a word he says. Though she is tempted to indulge in a vacation fling with this sexy, and very eligible bachelor, she can't imagine that anything lasting could come of it.Impulsive, fun-loving Clay is serious about his work with troubled kids, but very little else … until he meets Spring. He can't help wondering … if he follows her home to Arkansas after her San Francisco vacation, will she keep him? Or send him back to California with his heart in pieces?ABOUT THE AUTHOR:Best-selling, award-winning author Gina Wilkins sold her first novel to Harlequin in 1987 and has been writing full-time since. Her 100th Harlequin book, HUSBAND FOR A WEEKEND, will be published by Harlequin Special Edition in April, 2012, coinciding with the thirtieth anniversary of the Special Edition line. She has recently penned her first psychological suspense novel, WAKE ME, a Kindle exclusive release.Whether through drama, humor or suspense, she says her underlying theme in her storytelling has always been "the universally-identifiable search for a safe place to call home." She is a four-time winner of the respected Maggie Award for Excellence sponsored by Georgia Romance Writers and was nominated for a Lifetime Achievement Award by the reviewers of Romantic Times magazine.A lifelong resident of central Arkansas, she earned a Bachelor of Science in Journalism from Arkansas State University and worked in advertising and multi-media employee training before launching her writing career. A past president of Fiction Writers of Central Arkansas, she is a member of Romance Writers of America, Diamond State Romance Authors, and Novelists, Inc. She has been married for more than thirty years to her husband, John, with whom she raised two daughters and a son, all pursuing careers in science and medicine.