Lourdes Quinterez had no choice but to tend the badly bruised stranger she found lurking on her ranch. Soon the compassion that stirred her heart changed from tender caring to steamy desire for the rugged, mysterious intruder who called her "Angel" and promised to stay by her side....

Juan knew nothing about the man he had been. He only knew the man he wanted to be--Lourdes's lover and father to her twin daughters. But when Juan's sordid past threatened to ruin it all, only the fragile bond of love he had forged with her could make real his hope for a new life.