Summer Smoke

Nothing means more to Katharine Beechman than her two beloved daughters, Mary and Sally. At ages five and three, they are her world--her reason for being. After her harsh past, she doesn't need or want a man in her life. She knows better than to trust one.

As manager of the Eagle Canyon's Yuba gold mine Daniel Harman's life is marked by the ultimate responsibility for every miner's safety. The success--or failure--of the Yuba mine rests solely on Daniel's shoulders. Determined to be the man everyone depends on, as he has been since his difficult childhood, he refuses to show any weakness. And there's certainly no room in his heart for a woman, let alone a family.

But he never intended to fall in love with Katharine's sweet and innocent daughters. He melts every time they laugh or smile. As for their serious, independent mother--she has awakened a need deep in him he has always denied. Can he risk telling her that he recognizes the loneliness in her? A loneliness he understands all too well.

As Katharine and Daniel take a chance on revealing their emotions, the past she has fought so hard to put behind her returns with a vengeance. There's no escaping the danger in the SUMMER SMOKE...