
Deanna Stephens needs a job and a place to live—and Jay Masters' advert for a live-in nanny sounds perfect. Though one look at Jay and his two adorable little girls, and Dee knows her heart is in trouble! Jay is a wary widower who doesn't want commitment with another woman. So how can Dee convince him that what he needs isn't just a substitute wife—but a real one?
Author

Bestselling, award winning author Barbara McMahon has written more than 80 novels which have sold more than 16 million copies world wide in more than fifty countries in twenty-eight languages. Known for her heartwarming, emotional stories, she excels in capturing those feelings when first falling in love. She has won or been nominated for every major award in the romance genre from a double nomination in the RITA to winning the Bookseller's Best, National Readers Choice Award and the prestigious HOLT Medallion, among others. Barbara lives in a rural county in California's gold rush country. She loves the history of the place and is involved in the county's genealogy group and historic cemetery preservation in addition to volunteering one day a week at the local Animal Shelter.