Mixed Messages

She had the answers for everyone`s love life -- except her own. Carly Barnett`s lifelong dream was to be a journalist -- tracking down leads, interviewing important people, making a difference. A job offer at Portland`s Oregonian Times seemed like an ideal place to start, until she learned exactly what she`d be doing. Writing an advice column for lonely hearts wasn`t quite what she`d envisioned, but it was a beginning. Mark Holbrook did nothing to disguise his disdain for the new staff reporter -- if you could call Carly`s column reporting. Still, he couldn`t deny his attraction to her. But that didn`t mean he`d take her advice -- not even if she held the key to his own lonely heart. Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved.