Her father's gift was typically unconventional, yet Molly couldn't ignore the thrill of owning a cabin in the Pacific Northwest. For the first time in her life, she could actually put down roots.

Then she met her tall, dark and devastating neighbor, Patrick McNaughton. He stepped straight from her fantasies into her arms, throwing her safe, sensible world into a spin.

But Patrick possessed something Molly had never had, a place to call home and a family to depend on. She had nothing to offer but problems of her own. In the velvet darkness of night, he made her dreams come true . . . but would he still be there when morning came?