To Gabrielle Shelton, her flower shop in New Orleans was a refuge she badly needed a refuge from her past. So even though James Forrester had rescued her from a nasty accident, she couldn’t welcome him into her life. But James didn’t allow that to deter him. His persistence made Gabrielle feel torn — torn between her involuntary attraction to him and the uncomfortable feeling that he knew too much about her and about her past. He knew more than a stranger had any right to know. Just who was this man?