Everyone was worried about Jake Cameron. He'd been ordered to take a break from police work and simply relax. But driven first by guilt, then by desire, Jake had created a situation that was neither simple nor relaxed. He'd volunteered to watch over preemie babies ... tiny Peter Bauer in particular. And from there it was easy to get close to Robin, Peter's widowed mother.

Jake had never intended to fall in love, though; it was an impossible complication. Impossible because, sooner or later, he had to tell Robin the truth. Sooner or later she had to know he had killed her husband..