She reached for Pat even before Pat stopped walking. When she raised her eyes again, there was no doubting the look in Pat’s blue ones. Her eyes dropped to Pat’s lips, knowing without a doubt that she could not say no to this woman. 'Jesus, you are so beautiful,' she whispered.Ĭarly watched as Pat stepped closer, but she was powerless to move. She slowly lowered the camera, her eyes searching and finding Carly’s. The smile that Carly flashed caused Pat’s heart to stop. 'synopsis' may belong to another edition of this title. And Pat, always searching for that certain someone to take her breath away, can’t believe for a moment that the woman she’s been waiting for could possibly be Carly. Soon Carly finds her heart opening, little by little, and struggles to ignore the feelings that are growing between them. While they spend most of their time sparring and bickering, an early season hurricane finds them fighting nature – instead of each other – to save the wetlands and the birds that brought them together. Wildlife photographer Pat Ryan is duped into volunteering her talents to the cause, but she wants no part of the overzealous Dr. Having sworn off women and relationships, Carly is perfectly content to live her life alone while she focuses on her latest project. She is devoted to the environmental cause with a passion usually reserved for a lover – something she hasn’t had since a disastrous love affair ten years earlier.

Carly Cambridge, wildlife biologist, returns to the Texas Gulf Coast to manage the latest Habitats for Nature project, restoring the woods and wetlands to their natural state.

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