When widowed Joy Sinclair gets snowed in with artist Moses Russell on her journey to her new position as a governess, she throws away propriety and poses for him...in the nude! Her brief stay at this gruff loner's house teaches her more about passion than her marriage ever did.

After she leaves, Moses loses his joy for his art, and realizes Joy was the muse he never knew he needed. Christmas looms cold and lonely without her, but he doesn't know how to invite a woman into his life, into his heart. Can he convince her to leave her safe new life behind and take a chance on a scoundrel such as he is?