IT WAS A STORMY NIGHT.. . .

Karen Grenville needed her Aunt Minna's beach house as a shelter from the storm--the one blowing outside and the one raging in her soul. But she arrived only to find that a handsome, pajama-clad computer wizard had invaded her safe haven. Was there nowhere a woman with troubles could go?

What was a soaking wet woman doing in Jeff Forrester's rented house? Maybe he'd spent too many late nights working, yet this lovely creature seemed definitely real--and, he discovered, extremely fragile. Might Minna's house be big enough for two?

While Jeff designed software, Karen redesigned her life. A complete make-over and one improved attitude later, she was well on her way. But would all these changes scare off the housemate she was falling in love with?