MELANIE TAYLOR refuses to consider the possibility that she could ever be anything more to Scott Stillwaters than a friend. She's a former welfare mother and he's the wealthy, former CEO of his family's charitable foundation. How could he ever want a relationship with someone like her?
SCOTT STILLWATERS has traveled the world enhancing his family's power and prestige. When he settles in his hometown of Stillwaters he never expected to meet anyone like Melanie Taylor. Her strength inspires him. Her perseverance intrigues him and her smiles enchant him. Is it even possible that they could become more to each other than friends? Not if a man from Melanie's past has his way. He wants her dead!