Megan Lewis has been alone ever since a bad experience in college left her afraid to trust her instincts about men. When she comes home from her morning bike ride to find her neighbor’s young daughter alone in her hallway, the last thing she expects is the overwhelming surge of desire she feels the moment she meets the girl’s panicked father.

When Professor Drake Edwards loses his wife and son in a horrible accident, he moves his daughter to a new town for a fresh start. He has no intention of getting involved with anyone. But when he finds his neighbor, Megan, watching over his daughter, his body has plans of its own. Can his heart and mind overcome the guilt he feels?

Reader Advisory: Includes explicit sex scenes.