Shy and retiring Tara Browning couldn't believe it. One minute she was enjoying an outrageous, out–of–the–blue weekend of heaven with Weaver's hometown hunk, Axel Clay, and the next minute he disappeared without so much as a goodbye! Was she dreaming? The baby on the way seemed very real indeed .

Now, months later, Axel was back in town, showing up on her doorstep with a song and dance about being her bodyguard while her brother testified in a high–profile criminal trial. In such close quarters, could Tara keep her baby secret and her hands to herself now that this masterful man of the Double–C Ranch was back on her radar?