Lucky's Lady by Tami Hoag
As wild and mysterious as the Louisiana swamp he called home, Lucky Doucet was a dangerously attractive Cajun no woman could handle. His solitary life left no room for the likes of elegant Serena Sheridan, but Lucky couldn't deny her desperate need to find her missing grandfather. He would help her, but nothing more--yet once he felt the lure of the flaxen-haired beauty, an adventurer like Lucky couldn't help playing with fire.Serena felt unnerved, aroused, and excited by the ruggedly sensual renegade whose gaze burned her with its heat, but she did not dare tangle with a rebel whose intensity was overwhelming, who claimed his heart was off limits? Deeper and deeper they traveled into the steamy bayou, until with one electrifying kiss her resistance melted into liquid desire. And the devilish rogue found he'd do anything to make Serena Lucky's Lady.
By edict of the king, the mighty Scottish laird Alec Kincaid must take an English bride. His choice was Jamie, youngest daughter of Baron Jamison...a feisty, violet-eyed beauty. Alec ached to touch her, to tame her, to possess her...forever. But Jamie vowed never to surrender to this highland barbarian.
[HelenKay] One of our regular features here at PBR is the author favorite spot. One of us picks an all-time favorite and tortures the others by insisting the book get a special review. Jayne Ann Krentz is my all-time favorite romance author. This likely is a result of her being the first romance author I ever read, but my opinion of her has not wavered over time. As my romance novel preferences change (and they have), my appreciation of her work has not diminished. Now, for reasons that are not clear, Wendy does not appreciate Krentz with an appropriate level of enthusiasm. Actually, she doesn't have any enthusiasm for Krentz. Rather than force her to read the book and thereby, potentially, allow this horrific flaw in Wendy's reading taste to destroy our friendship and reviewing arrangement, I turned to Kassia for assistance. Kassia, being the witty and clever soul she is, shares my admiration for all things Krentz. 
Jayne Ann Krentz, in her many forms, has long been a favorite here at PBR. Specifically, JAK is a favorite of Kassia and HelenKay. It would be fair to say JAK is a distinct non-favorite of others (others in this case being Wendy). For those readers who discovered romance novels through JAK (those in this case being HelenKay), her work is a comfort, much like chenille blankets and potato chips. For some (some in this case being Kassia), JAK qualifies as an automatic reading pleasure and her early title, Absolutely, Positively, replete with robots and circus tricks, stands as one of JAK's most enjoyable works. So, in the spirit of promoting comfort, Kassia and HelenKay decided to revisit (without Wendy and her negativity) JAK's world of slim vegan heroines and controlling business-type heroes by checking in on an all-time fav. All members of PBR (both the pro-JAK crowd and Wendy) hope you will forgive the fangirl love.