High school counselor Heather Gregory is ready and willing to fight uphill battles with her students. She knows what's right and is prepared to stand up for what she believes in. When powerful Detroit attorney Quinn Montgomery comes into her office to talk about his troubled teen daughter, Heather finds herself standing up quite tall for what she believes in. But what she wasn't ready for was the tenderness she senses beneath the handsome widower's prickly exterior…and how Quinn's protected tenderness feels like it could just bring her to her knees…A consummate workaholic, Quinn knew the only surefire way to ease the sorrow of losing his wife — and that cure was work, lots and lots of it. But while work was always a welcome distraction from his grief, it also distracted him from something very important to him — his daughter. Until he meets the breathtakingly beautiful guidance counselor, Heather, and he might just be able to see past his grief to realize that something necessary is missing from his life.And maybe, just maybe it's time to accept his loss and open his heart to the possibility of a love that has no bounds…
