To their respective families, Jack Wells and Amy Legend are outsiders.
A free-spirited man-of-all-trades, Jack takes life as it comes-not at
all like his supremely organized mother, the admiral's widow, and his
methodical lawyer sister. Amy, a professional athlete with exquisite
taste and golden beauty, has a glamorous career a world apart from her
bookish older siblings and college professor father.
When Jack's mother marries Amy's widowed father, they invite all
the children to spend the summer at the Legends' retreat in northern
Minnesota. They never imagine just how well Jack and Amy are going
to get along-as affection unexpectedly flares into a burning attraction
that threatens to damage already fragile familial bonds. Agreeing to deny
their desire until the vacation is over-caught between long-simmering
conflicts and clashing personalities-Jack and Amy find, nonetheless,
that they are falling deeply in love. And passion this strong couldn't
possibly wait until summer's end . . . no matter what the consequences.