Suddenly ...fatherhood! It hits him completely out of the blue. First wealthy banker Nicholas Garvey discovers he's the legal guardian of a niece he never knew he had. Then he's rewarded with an even bigger surprise - the child's beguiling nanny. Carlinda Donnelly, a woman who makes his blood race and passions soar! Carlinda or Lin, for short knows that Nicholas's intentions are anything but innocent, especially when he offers her marriage as a way of protecting the little girl. And when she breaks though Nicholas's steely defenses, and find the love that is in his heart, it could be time for this complex man to claim his wife for real... Texas 1897