After a shocking betrayal, Dan Crenshaw left behind his corporate empire to live alone-forever. Then his Texas seclusion was shattered by Shannon Doyle, his kid sister's friend. The vunerable beauty infiltrated his lone existance with her home-cooked meals and wifelike concern. And though he dreamed of taking Shannon to the depths of passion and back again, his fierce honor wouldn't allow him to pluck her innocence-unless he slipped a ring on the lady's finger.