The heroine is a widow, who was abused by her dead husband, and is now a career woman. She meets the hero, a type of trouble shooter, through his involvement in her family business's problems. She goes out of town to help at a failing business, and spends time with the hero. At first he volunteers to help her get over her sexual hang ups, and they have a no strings affair.
But she wants strings after a while, they have gotten into "relationship" territory, an intimacy and natural sharing has developed. Her feelings scare her, so she dumps him before he can move on to the next woman (he's got a slight reputation as a playboy) and hurt her. He respects her decision because he thinks she never wanted a serious relationship anyway. Once he learns there's hope she might love him back, he's all for marriage.
This was an adorable book in many ways, the intimacy between the hero/heroine was so refreshing. He did something really sweet: he was talking to her over the phone in the middle of the night, and she fell asleep. He kept the phone on the line, even though he was out of the country, so that he could listen to her sleep and be close to her. Yum! I wanted to hug him for that. It was a tender, passionate, but still alpha hero.
Rating: 4/5 stars, a very good hero!
