Emily Cooper's secret sorrow is the daughter she unwillingly gave up for adoption seventeen years ago. She's never forgotten the man who fathered that child. Jackson Talbert had promised Emily the world...and then he'd disappeared, not knowing she was pregnant. Now she's Dr. Emily Cooper. And now, unexpectedly, she meets Jackson again when their work brings them briefly together. The attraction between them still exists - and so does a simmering tension. When Jackson learns the truth, he insists they search for her child - their child - although neither is prepared for where this leads....