Hot sex with a perfect stranger isn't exactly how Anna Stafford plans to spend Christmas Eve. But when a freak blizzard throws a handsome, mysterious motorcyclist into her path and the only available shelter from the storm is a tiny motel room in the middle of nowhere, Anna and the biker find themselves sharing more than just a room…and ultimately more than the searing pleasure a few uninhibited hours affords them. For Jesse Proffitt is a man running from pain, and soon he will learn that Anna's touch is a balm to his broken heart, and love, the truest gift of all.