"Any woman who can make a man laugh and want to jump her bones at the same time is more valuable than rubies and pearls." - Rocky Waters, ex-hotshot journalist and unlikely heroRocky Waters first met Sarah Jones when she was a shy teenager. Now scandal had followed the senator's daughter to North Carolina, and Rocky had to warn her. Sarah fiercely guarded her privacy - and the child she secretly supported.But Rocky was just as determined to win over this sensual, spirited widow who aroused his protective instincts - and a whole lot more....