Mason was gone when Lisa woke. She stretched luxuriously, a smile on her face. Finally admitting, not only to herself but also to Mason, that she was in love with him had given her a peace that she hadn’t expected. For so many years she had thought that she didn’t want to fall in love, didn’t want someone to be in love with her. All her experiences with love had been painful and the last thing she wanted was for that pain to take up residence in her new life.

But this was different.

The love she felt for Mason was completely unexpected and nothing like what her past experiences...