"Any woman who can make a man laugh and want to jump her bones at the same time is more valuable than rubies and pearls." -Rocky Waters, ex-hotshot journalist and unlikely hero

Rocky Waters first met Sarah Jones when she was a shy teenager. Now scandal had followed the senator's daughter to North Carolina, and Rocky had to warn her. Sarah fiercely guarded her privacy-and the child she secretly supported. But Rocky was just as determined to win over this sensual, spirited widow who aroused his protective instincts-and a whole lot more....