Claire Franklin has been left to bring up her sister'sbeautiful baby. She's convinced that Patrick Cameronis the father, though he insists that's impossible.Secretly suspecting that his late brother might wellbe the little girl's father, Patrick still believes it'shis duty to care for Claire and baby Jess…

As he becomes a permanent fixture in their lives, dutyturns to burning attraction for one—and besotteddevotion for the other! All thoughts of bachelorhoodare replaced by a dream of becoming a husband anda father. But everything is turned upside down whenthe truth about Jess's paternity finally comes to light…