Life hasn't been easy for Kate Foley since her sister died seven years ago, leaving behind an infant son, but adopting and raising Ben with her widowed mother has brought her much joy. When a stranger with a drop-dead-gorgeous smile strides up the path to High Meadow and claims to be Ben's father, Kate gears up for the fight of her life, but instead of a fight, Kate finds that she's getting a lesson -- about men, about being a woman, and about the passion she's never tasted.