JPromises could break hearts and ruin friendships, but still Rick Chase found himself promising to step I back into Linda Starr''s life, to help his old friend get used to her empty nest.

He''d offer her a job, and (then his duty would be done…at least that was his plan beforehe met the woman she''d become. Classy, refined, Linda had blossomed into a woman of spirit, passion and unmatched beauty.

The kind of woman who made his bachelor lifestyle seem…lacking. And wasn''t that the problem with promises? They required more of a man than he expected to give–with the potential to reward him with more than he ever imagined!