Jenny Cashman had dreamed of returning from school in Europe to declare her love for Steve Jason, the rugged casino owner who had adopted her as a young girl when her father had died. She tried everything she could to make him see her for the woman she had become, but each day she spent in his Las Vegas hotel found her needing a last-minute resuce from a fate worse than death! Steve would have no peace when Jenny's desires were frustrated, but he couldn't protect her from the one man she wanted with all her heart. Though he felt years older and much too jaded for her innocent love, Steve discovered that Jenny would never give herself to another man, no matter what it took to crash through his defenses.