From the moment the baseball smashed through Adam Barrington's window, the banker's quiet life was never quite the same again. The guilty party, an eight-year old tomboy, was soon turning his household upside down. But that shock was nothing compared to discovering who Billie's mother was...

Jane Southwick had known that coming back home wouldn't be easy, and that living next door to Adam again would be sweet torture. But it was pure joy to see the delightful bond growing between him and her daughter - despite the guilty secret that clutched at her heart.