Leslie Winslow had loved Mac Matheson since she was 16, but she knew a Connecticut preppie would never love an Arkansas country girl like her. After a disastrous marriage, she has sworn off men and marriage, contend with her daydreams, her teaching job and her fixer-upper old house. But when Mac returns to Arkansas with his four-year-old son in tow, Leslie finds herself dreaming more than is good for her. When her old house burns to the ground with all her possessions, and Mac proposes a marriage of convenience, can she live with him and keep her unruly heart under control?
