Erin wanted a man she could trust

Despite her new teaching position at the Nova Scotia college, a heartbroken Erin McCourt found it difficult to get over her ex-fiance's deception.

Professor Simon Grayson, however, practically bullied her out of her frozen state, refusing to let her dwell unhappily on the past. And yet Simon himself was concealing his own private grief.

There was no doubt eventually of their attraction to each other. But would their passion be strong enough to overcome their mistrust of love?