Luring a Lady by Nora Roberts

Mikhail Stanislski is not impressed by Hayward. He's been letting the company know that his apartment building is run down but no one has been responding. So he barges in to the office and is shocked to find that Hayward is not an old man but a young woman. A beautiful woman.
Sydney Hayward is trying to defy expectations. Everyone believes that she will run Hayward for a few months and then tire of it. But this is her legacy and she's not going to let it go. Nor is she going to let it be tarnished by a run down building. When Mikhail says he works with wood, Sydney immediately hires him not realizing that he is actually an artist of some renown. Having Mikhail work for her means that they are thrown into close proximity, especially when one of her tenants gets hurt. 
Mikhail is sort of an alphahole. He's not that way the whole story but he is definitely starts out that way. Sydney on the other hand is an introduction in competence-porn. We don't get a sense of what in her background allows her to step into her family's business and there are some instances of show not tell but we do get to see her excel in dealing with the building, dealing with Mikhail, and even routing a baddie.

Three and a half stars
This book came out December 1st, 1991
Follows Taming Natasha
Followed by Falling for Rachel
Borrowed from Libby
Opinions are my own