When Angela Santini felt the power of First Sergeant Dan Mahoney's smouldering gaze, she dared to throw caution to the wind. It had been so long since she'd be held, kissed, touched! But how was this strait–laced single mom supposed to know that one fantasy–filled night of passion with this mesmerizing marine would never be enough?

Dan Mahoney knew the pitfalls of getting too close to soft–hearted Angela Santini and her lonely son. But if the elusive bachelor was so set on a life of solitude, why couldn't he just stay away? Was it because this Casanova in uniform might actually be in love?