WHEN A PROMISE BECOMES A TEMPTATION…Look after his best friend’s widow and kids. It was a promise Levi Talbot was determined to keep. But returning to Whispering Pines, New Mexico, where he was once known as the local troublemaker, wasn't easy for the former soldier. Especially when gorgeous Valerie Lopez really wants nothing to do with him…and Levi can't get her out of his head!Val knows she needs Levi's help – her house is in chaos and she's juggling two young kids with a fledgling business. So she lets him take over the repairs – but there's no way she's letting Levi make himself at home! Since her husband's death, Val has kept her heart locked away…but what if the handsome veteran-next-door is the key to her future?
