He thought her beauty skin deep. Although he found her physical charms most irresistible, Lang clung stubbornly to the notion that Natalie was a spoiled heartless young woman who reveled in hurting her father and stepmother.

Still, he was determined to bring her back, to her father's home, where he felt she was needed during a current crisis. The difficulties Natalie encountered there were heightened by the jealousy of another woman and her growing attraction for Lang.