"I wouldn't intentionally hurt any woman."

Leo Seymour's words were meant to be reassuring. But Davina Lennox couldn't help remembering that seven years ago, intentionally or otherwise, he had badly hurt her.

She'd been a lovestruck teenager then, and Leo had been nearly mad with rage and jealousy over losing the woman he loved to Davina's brother.

That was all water under the bridge now, they both agreed. Yet, in spite of Leo's offers of affection, Davina just couldn't believe that he would ever feel the same depth of passion for her.