He'd believed her to be a fraud, another "convenient" heiress in a long line of cons. But spirited diner watiress Mikki Finnley was different. Not simply because she was more at home in demin than diamonds, but because just a look, a touch, from her could melt his frozen heart….

But Clayton Reese had a job to do. Either prove Mikki was the long-lost Hawthorne heir, or expose her lies. Only trouble was, he'd fallen so deeply for this radiant, utterly real woman, he was no longer sure what the truth was. So he'd do the only sensible thing: follow his heart…wherever it might lead.