Drop-dead handsome, filthy rich, scandalously sexy Granger McMasters always had his pick of Beverly Hills beauties. So why was the legendary lover suddenly turning his thousand-watt charm on his lowly landscaper and her feisty, fatherless little girl?

With a master's degree from the school of hard knocks, Melissa Fairchild concluded she was a novelty amid her new employer's plusher pastimes. Still, Granger did give her daughter some surprisingly patient parenting. And his persistent pampering slowly uprooted her own resistance ... unearthing her deepest longings, one by one.

But even as he promised her a bed of roses, Melissa feared her trembling heart would soon become just another broken blossom...