The French chateau is the perfect hiding place for Jo–until its owner, sardonic reporter Patrick Burns, comes home…At first Patrick thinks the secretive runaway is a thief–or worse–until he sees that what Jo's hiding is her painful past. Soon the brave, lonely girl is the woman he can't live without. But can a man who's never loved win the trust of a girl who's never been loved? Or will her frightening new feelings for him make Jo run again?