"Gentle story of love, compassion and second chances."

Johanna Weston is ready to take control of her life again. In the isolated town of Enchantment, New Mexico, she's worked to put behind the pain of her failed marriage and the devastating loss of her baby. After working at the Enchantment Pediatric Clinic for a few months, she's ready to restart her career in California with a job she dreamed of in her earlier days in medical school. She moves to town with a run-away horse and a dog that will grow to be bigger than she is.

Little does Johanna know that meeting Ben Carson, owner of Shadow Creek Ranch, will be a turning point for her. Ben makes her feel more alive than she's felt in years, as if every possibility in the world is before her and anything she's ever dreamed can come true. She wants to experience the love of a cowboy - a man who truly touches her heart.

Ben, known as the "biggest catch in Arroyo County," has a ranch to run and is temporary guardian of his nephew. He doesn't have time to live up to the reputation the town has given him. Upon meeting Johanna, he knows she's different than all the other women he's dated.

This is a gentle story of love, compassion, independence and beautiful second chances.

Reviewed by Suzanne Tucker
Courtesy Old Book Barn Gazette
Posted October 29, 2003

Summary

Nothing is more rewarding than bringing a new life into the world. Share the joy with the dedicated staff of The Birth Place and the women who choose to have their babies here.

Pediatrician Joanna Weston's looking forward to caring for the infants at The Birth Place. But one of her first patients is a baby girl—not born at the birth center, but abandoned on the porch of the ranch next door. Joanna is outraged when she finds out her handsome neighbor is the child's deadbeat dad. Until she sees the tender concern he shows the daughter he didn't know he had. The daughter he'll now do anything to keep.