He's an officer and a gentleman—a Marine captain with the broadest shoulders and bluest eyes Delaney Anderson has ever seen. And despite the fact that she's covered from head to toe in gardening soil, Delaney can feel those "Paul Newman eyes" burning with desire. He's Captain Lloyd Thomas, her seventeen-year-old son's guest for dinner. But this handsome stranger's also a recruiting officer—and her son's planning to enlist! As the hot dogs sizzle on the grill, Delaney fumes with anger. No son of hers is joining the military! But Captain Thomas has a very persuasive method to change her mind ...by enlisting her own wayward heart!