Out on a Limb — Victoria Pade

Charmed by the lost, bare-bottomed toddler camped on her doorstep, Zoey Carmichael dressed young Jessy and set out to find someone responsible for the little bundle of energy.

That "someone" turned out to be blue-eyed bachelor father Dillon Mills, who clearly needed help as a first-time parent. Zoey was no child-care expert, but they again, Dillon was no ordinary dad. Cruel rumor had it that he neglected tiny Jessy.

Yet Zoey saw the adoration in Dillon's eyes, sensed the gentleness in his clumsy ministrations. Suspicious outsiders dubbed Dillon- an unfit father, but Zoey would put her heart out on a limb to prove otherwise . . . and to prove herself worthy of this man's love.