Who was Dr. Cory Antonelli, anyway, and why did he have to come and claim his half of Aunt Ida's house, the home that had been Kirsten's refuge all her life? From the moment she found him asleep in her bed, Kirsten knew her cozy existence in tiny Avlum, Minnesota would never be the same again. Cory made himself right at home, shocking the neighbors as he jogged through the streets in what they thought was his underwear; and his sharing the home of an unmarried schoolteacher aroused the liveliest gossip anyone had heard in years! Kirsten bristled to find her placid life disturbed by this unpredictable stranger, but she soon succumbed to the sweet knowledge of an exhilarating love. Would she and Cory fulfill Aunt Ida's long-ago dream? Hero: Dr./Doctor Cory Antonelli Heroine: Kirsten Haagen