Joy Barton had adored her foster brother Brent for as long as she'd known him, which was nearly all her life. When she'd stood on the brink of young womanhood, she'd offered him her heart -- and all of herself. But Brent had rebuffed her innocent advances, afraid to take advantage of her trust in him would cost her a chance to find her own life. For four years he'd called every corner of the world home, a foreign correspondent on the run from commitment -- but when he finally returned home, Joy stood waiting, a woman now, with an undaunted passion that cried out for his love....