The wife is always the last to know. Joanna Clifford's marriage was over long before her husband died in a car accident. Still, she was surprised to find out that he'd had a mistress and a child. But even more shocking was the other woman's dying wish delivered by her disturbingly handsome brother, Marc, that Joanna take care of Polly. Joanna could hardly turn her back on the little girl, so she agreed to the request. Although that meant spending far too much time with Marc who made it abundantly clear that he saw Joanna as more than a surrogate mother for his niece.