A Solitary Man

FIRST IMPRESSIONS

aren't always the correct ones. Stephanie Carnsbrough was an heiress, so Jared knew she had to be snooty, flighty and completely self-centered. And Stephanie was sure Jared was cold and invulnerable, a man destined to go through life alone.

Several weeks in a tiny Wisconsin cabin proved both of them wrong. Jared's job was to protect her from the man who was out to get her, but as time passed he began to take his job very personally. Stephanie was exciting, giving -- everything a woman should be. In the face of her charms even a lone wolf could begin to dream of love.