Winner of the Gold Pen Romantic Times Career Achievement and Zora Neale Hurston Literary Awards Rochelle Alers has nearly two million copies of her books in print. Here she crafts the tale of a hotshot athlete and the woman who can fulfill his dreams. Super Bowl MVP Brandt Wainwright’s good fortune runs out when he crashes his SUV into a tree. During the long recuperation the fun-loving quarterback becomes cranky and sullen—until private nurse Ciara Dennison shows up for duty.