Tall Dark & Texan — Annette Broadrick

"'Alone' does not include an uninvited live-in housekeeper!" --Dan Crenshaw, master love-avoider

After a shocking betrayal, Dan Crenshaw left behind his corporate empire to live alone--forever. Then his Texas seclusion was shattered by Shannon Doyle, his kid sister's friend. The vulnerable beauty infiltrated his lone existence with her home-cooked meals and wifelike concern. But Dan would never convert to family man. And though he dreamed of taking Shannon to the depths of passion and back again, his fierce honor wouldn't allow him to pluck her innocence...unless he slipped a ring on the lady's finger....