When beautiful Joanna Huntington left the law firm of Petersberg, Ryan and Cole, she never dreamed the storm would force her into the path of the car driven by Vaughn Gordon, the man whom she thought she would never see again. Coming face -to-face with Vaughn at the hospital brought back memories of their first encounter when she was seventeen and lived in Chester. How she'd boldly asked Vaughn to kiss her after she'd sensed the attraction between them was mutual. His touch made her forget any cautious teachings she'd heard, and his kisses had sent so much heat flowing through her that every cell in her body clamored for his full possession. But now she wanted to hide. Vaughn had everything he wanted, except the woman of his dreams. Joanna had been marked off limits, not because she was biracial and he was white but because that was demanded of him. He agreed to back off...for a time. But then she disappeared. Now here she was lying before him possibly hurt. Fate would not be so cruel to take her from him again just when he found her.