She was struggling to keep her head above water. Her Houston area restaurant was floundering. Even worse, her fifteen-year-old sister and ward was growing up too fast. And when Kathy appeared with a man twice her age in tow, Ashley Stevens laid down the law. Jason Frazier, handsome NASA engineer, sometime sailor, a man at home with space or at sea, was off limits. But- Jason was relentless. Little by little he insinuated himself into Ashley's life, demanding her trust, opening her heart, unleashing needs and passions that filled her with fear. Too soon Jason would pull up anchor and set sail to see the world. Would Ashley learn to love him only to lose him? Would she find herself alone--Kathy grown up, Jason gone--awash in a sea of broken dreams?