Rich Manning had known Jamie Warren forever. And he loved her -strictly as a friend. But all that changed the day Jamie asked him to be the father of her as-yet-unconceived child! Rich agreed on one condition: they marry. Suddenly, Rich was discovering a side of Jamie he’d never seen before, and was swept away by a passion sweeter than anything he’d ever known …a passion that stunned his senses. But could he prove to the headstrong Mrs. Manning that it was time to let the world in on their secret - that their love was truly here to stay?