Handsome, decorated fly-boy Blake Hanley had the world by the tail ... until a fiery crash broke his body, shattered his dreams and left him feeling half a man. A bitter, wounded lion, he wanted only to escape prying eyes and useless sympathy. But even the remotest lair needed housekeeping, and the woman who came to clean his cottage packed an unwanted wallop in her petite, provocative frame. Jenny Starbuck's sparkling laughter, sunshiny scent and brave naivete penetrated Blake's moodiness . . . and taunted his masculine senses, goading him to remember the man he'd once been. Jenny challenged . . . defied . . . boldly confronted Blake's bitterness and outrage, daring to bring the beast in Blake Hanley to his knees!