SHE'D FALLEN FOR THE BOY NEXT DOOR... Orphaned as a girl, raised in her wealthy stepfather's mansion, Kate Quinn never quite fit in anywhere...until she ventured across the neatly—trimmed hedge an met Ethan Winston, a boy whose smile seemed to welcome her home at last. HE'D NEVER FALLEN FOR HER... As legal guardian of her half-sisters, Kate must raise them alone just like Ethan is raising his young daughter—alone. It's sensible to join forces, in name only, with the man she had once imagined as her husband SO OF COURSE THEY'RE GOING TO GET MARRIED! Kate now has everything she's always wanted. Yet she can't help remembering her long ago dreams, and yearning for something more with Ethan. Something built not out of necessity, but true passion—and the kind of love she can call her own...