It was his laugh that had stolen her heart, Dovie Brown realized immediately - that husky chuckle as he released the beautiful rainbow trout. But before she could meet the mystery fisherman, she slipped into the river - and the next thing she knew she was cradled in the man's arms! Nothing about Nick Monroe was as it seemed. A brilliant doctor who'd suffered a tragic accident, he'd lost his sense of who he was...until he saw how Dovie needed him. She'd spent years raising eight brothers and sisters, never knowing the pleasure of a lover's fierce embrace...until Nick. But could she make him realize it was love she offered, not pity?