The moment they placed her newborn baby in her arms, Anne LeClare knew she'd found the only love she could trust in an otherwise treacherous world. She'd face any odds, defy any danger, to keep her daughter safe. But her late husband's father wanted the child, and he'd ruthlessly wield his power and prestige to wrench her away ....

Alone, on the run, braving a Colorado blizzard, Anne and her daughter found safe harbor with aloof, unemotional bachelor Pete Hogan. Until a rambunctious child cracked the ice glazing Pete's still waters-revealing startling depths, plunging Anne in over her head . . . and threatening to swamp her in the perilous crosscurrents of love.