Somewhere in between managing the family business and dealing with out-of-control relatives, Ari Kelly had done something for herself--finished her thesis on stress and phone-answering systems.

And now that was causing her more stress than anything else! Because her brilliant thesis had been picked up by the newspapers (yeah!) and had had the facts twisted (uh-oh). Now her phone was ringing off the hook--and a gorgeous hunk was pounding down her door, determined to make her retract her statements about his new answering service.

Yep, Ari knew stress. Because just when she'd least expected it, at the very worst possible moment, the guy she'd been waiting for her whole life finally showed up....