Pregnant and alone, Maddy Potter knew marriage wasn t in her near future—certainly not to Pete Taggart. The rude, arrogant—and she'd admit, protectively sexy—rancher would never ask her! Just because the handsome widower rescued her from a blizzard and she'd slept under his heirloom quilt for two nights did not mean anything would happen between them. Surely the quilt s legend wasn't real...?

Pete had reasons for maintaining his status as one of Sweetheart, Colorado's most eligible bachelors. But seeing Maddy blossom with pregnancy shook him to the soul. A woman shouldn t be alone at a time like that. And he didn't have to love her to give her his name...did he?