She was a hard woman to love. Juliana Robinson was ambitious. A cutthroat real-estate agent, her motto was Nice Guys Finish Last. Nice guy Ben Ware was an ex-cop whose determination to grow avocados was standing between Juliana and a fat commission from developers. The battle lines were drawn... but fate struck the first blow. No one could have predicted Juliana's brain aneurysm. No one could say if she would ever be the same if she recovered. But two things were certain. If she hadn't collapsed in Ben Ware's kitchen, she would have died. And without his help she would never learn to live...