Catherine can't believe her late landlady has left the manor to workaholic Zach Talant! He may be handsome, but he makes it perfectly clear that he wants Catherine off his new properly. However, their stormy encounter arouses passion of another kind—and soon she's sharing his bed! But despite the explosive desire between them, Zach insists that this must be a no-strings affair. Catherine knows that she's in love with the man who exists beneath Zach's tough exterior...and to be his mistress is better than to be nothing to him at all....