Life for eighteen-year-old Elizabeth Stone was going smoothly until her mother died and the man she's been in love with for years suddenly disappeared. Now he's back in town, but only for a short visit, and he still thinks of her as a kid sister. What will it take to make him notice her as a woman? Tainted by his undercover work, Pinkerton agent Stephen Randall wants what is best for his childhood friend--and it isn't him. Brushing off Beth's advances...