Russ Ettinger didn't kow the name of the delicate woman he'd found gasping for breath by the side of the road, or why she'd disappeared while he was fetching his car. But he did know she aroused in him an overwhelming urge to love, cherish and protect.

Dana Madison didn't want protection. She'd gotten quite enough of that from her parents. What Dana wanted was to be loved as the strong, independent woman she'd become. She wondered if Russ, or anyone, could possibly do that.

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