Brendan Connery may have been a brilliant lawyer, but as far as nurse Shelby Tyree was concerned, he was one stubborn man... though her heart ached for him. His long-estranged father was a patient in her ward, and Brendan resist her every attempt to reunite father and son. Shelby was determined to help, no matter what it took--and it took a lot! Shelby resigned from the hospital to devote her time to her mission -- to encourage Brendan to let go of the past and think of their future ... together. But how could she convince this big, beautiful, irresistible man that she wasn’t just someone to talk to? She was also a woman to cherish... and to love.