Gwen is determined to protect her mother from her charming new boarder, only to fall for him herself She'd left town a starry-eyed innocent headed for the big city. Now Gwen Lacrosse returned home a savvy, sophisticated woman. But her mother's maddening new boarder enticed her as no one had before. Luke Powers was reputed to be an expert in both words and women--and soon he was turning Gwen's cool reason into something else entirely....