As a tough L.A. cop, Willa Barrett thought she could handle anything. Until she was trekking through mountainous woods, trying to find evidence that was mixed up with a youth minister leading a preteen church retreat.

Willa soon discovered the forest's dangers weren't anything like the ones she usually faced, and she needed help -- pronto. Luckily handsome youth minister Jeff MacPhearson knew the woods inside out. Or was it something more than luck? Willa had never pictured any man entering her life -- let alone saving it. But suddenly there was no way out without the help of this caring minister, who had the kindest eyes she'd ever seen . . .