Riki McCormick's life was filled with seven special children, baseball practices, and an old house that needed a serious supply of tender loving care. The last thing on her mind was romance. It took just one glance at Jason Nesbit to change her thoughts from paint chips & the dinner menu, to satin sheets and firelight. Jason had come to Riki's yard in search of his young daughter, Charleen. He had just recently learned that Charleen was in fact his child when his ex wife ended up in a fatal car accident. But what did a Texan business man know about raising a newly found daughter, especially one who never spoke a word and whose main companion was a Great Dane? Jason expected to lose his heart to his daughter, but it was Riki and boisterous tribe that warmed his soul. He knew he had to go slow to gain Charleen's trust and love, but going slow to gain Riki's was impossible. With curious children seeming to always come out of the woodwork, wooing thier mother seemed down right impossible. Could the warm Virginia nights turn into the perfect morning?