title: A Passionate Proposal
author: Rose, Emilie
description: A LONG, HOT SUMMER...
  
  After drowning in a slow-burning kiss with Tracy Sullivan at their high school reunion, an enamored Cort Lander realized she'd blossomed from a bookworm into a sultry beauty with a body made for lovin'. His lovin'. Whoa! That wasn't what the doctor ordered. Now that he had a baby boy in tow, the ambitious bachelor had taken a brief leave of absence from his prestigious medical residency to get his life together in his rural Texas hometown. Hiring Tracy as his son's temporary nanny was one thing, but embarking on an explosive no-strings-attached summer fling was quite another.
  
  As they burst into flames in the bedroom and bonded as a family on the homefront, would Cort sacrifice his love for a small-town girl to follow his big-city dreams?