Chelsea Ryan badly wants a partnership in her architectural firm, and when it is awarded instead to Nick Stanton, she’s determined not to make his new job easy for him. Nick wants Chelsea’s cooperation – but not only at the drawing board. And he’s prepared to stoop to blackmail to get what he wants.
An “accidental historical” is a book which was contemporary when it was written, but the passage of time has turned it into a classic period piece (e.g., before cell phones, Uber, no-smoking laws, and many modern attitudes).