Adrian Jacobs needs a live-in housekeeper. But pretty, cheerful Liadan Willow is not what he has in mind. She's far too young and pretty to be at his beck and call…and to put up with his dark, brooding moments.

Liadan finds her new boss intimidating, bad-tempered and magnificently masculine. But does the heat in his eyes mean he wants her in his life—or just in his bed?