Left hand, ring finger... Best friend Bridgett Owens'sgigantic diamond winked at the eldest Deveraux son,Chase, like a coy madam at an old-time bordello. Thefun-loving playboy of Charleston, South Carolina,wasn't supposed to go gaga over the grown-up daughterof the family housekeeper. Except welling up in thebachelor's brain were protective, intimate feelings thathe just couldn't—didn't want to—discount. But can aman who's definitely not the marrying kind turn into a(gasp) committed groom-to-be...especially when nothingbut bad luck has burnished his romantic record?