When Lauren McPherson moves to Connecticut for a fresh start, one of the first persons she meets there is Stuart Ashcroft, who immediately sets his sights on her. But down-to-earth Lauren isn’t interested in a rich playboy of East Coast high society—not even if this particular rich playboy knows how to make her laugh and is extremely handsome. Nope. The reclusive veterinarian wants nothing to do with men like him. She’d never dream of attending glitzy cocktail parties, preferring to spend her nights in various barns helping care for animals and birth calves. But Stuart turns out to be both persistent and much less of a preppy womanizer than Lauren thought. Before long, she finds herself enjoying his company. Truth be told, her heart skips a beat every time he smiles at her. It could all be perfect … until the rug is pulled out from under her with a visitor from her past. And Lauren’s afraid it will scare off Stuart after all.