Author of 80+ books, Marilyn Pappano has been married for thirty+ years to the best husband a writer could have. She's written more than 80 books and has won the RITA and many other awards. She blogs at www.the-twisted-sisters.com and can be found at www.marilyn-pappano.com. She and her husband live in Oklahoma with five rough-and-tumble dogs.

For six years Fiona Lake had been haunted byJustin Reed, the man who loved her?and left hersecretly carrying his child. Now the brawny specialagent was back and had discovered the truth.Would knowing his daughter turn him into fathermaterial, or would he walk away from her, too? Yetwhen an explosion ripped through their lives, thehelp he offered their little girl revealed a side ofJustin that Fiona had thought was gone. She couldbelieve he cared?as long as she protected herheart. But when fate intervened again, love was putto the ultimate test....