Cara Matheson had traveled the globe as a free-spirited musician, playing on street corners, dressing like a Gypsy and living the carefree bohemian life she loved. Mitchell Kirby, a wealthy Australian widower, was her complete opposite. A hardworking lawyer, he was ruled by a watch, and his smile was as severe as his pin-striped suit. When they clashed over the way Cara was influencing Holly, Mitchell's daughter, there seemed to be no middle ground--except for the blinding passion that gripped them.