His ex-wife's treachery had carved a mile deep moat around Ryan McCall's heart, and in it ran venom for the so-called gentler sex. No way would the pretty widow next door bridge the gap to the barricaded builder and his motherless boy with mere home cooking and winsome wiles. Yet feisty Tess Benson enchanted Ryan's teenage son, and something in her touched Ryan where he thought he'd never feel again. Still, the brawny contractor refused to build castles in the air... unless petite, pregnant Tess single-handedly poured a rock-solid foundation of tender loving trust....