Sentinel at Dawn

the long version

THEY HAD THIS CHANCE TO HEAL EACH OTHER Baird Langston didn't believe anyone in town wished him well--including Dawnelle Belanger. Life was tough for a marine scientist scrabbling for specimens along California's rugged Redwood Coast. Tough for an ex-con, wrongly accused.... Dawnelle had the expertise to help restore Baird's reputation. Lightning-quick moments of shared tenderness melted into a seduction that devastated her, deliciously ... Yet Baird's thorny nature roused her deep fear of being used by one more self-seeking male. She was a lighthouse keeper, not a savior of shipwrecked souls. She couldn't nurture Baird with love until he learned to trust.