"Irresistible but Dangerous" should be tattooed on Griffith McLaclan's forehead to warn small town Indiana that the international film star was coming their way. Young widow, Meritt Chandler, was dubious-no-downright antagonistic, when asked to keep him in her historical country mansion for a few weeks. That is...until the ridiculous money they offered turned her head. She could purchase the derelict ferry-boat inn that was her life's dream. Surely, she could accommodate a worldly, egotistical, arrogant "Sexiest Man on Earth" candidate while he filmed a Civil War epic in their little valley. He was all those things she expected and more-a great storyteller, warm and congenial, helpful and fun Meritt's sedate life exploded. But the intense affair came to an abrupt halt when his career took him halfway around the world. The newly acquired inn and even a perfect man from her past couldn't begin to substitute for Griff McLaclan's charm. But where was he?