Now was the winter of discontent for Paul Vanzant. His children were grown, the wife he'd once loved—but who'd bitterly betrayed him—was gone. He felt rudderless on a chillingly cold sea... Then he met Karen Mitchell—a woman in the autumn of her life. Though she found passion in Paul's embrace, Karen claimed a momentary interlude was all they'd ever share. But Paul wanted more than a brief affair. He'd finally found true love, and he was determined to keep Karen—and the warmth of spring—forever in his life.