Invited as a guest speaker at the local college, criminal lawyer Joel Stires seemed more than happy to find himself imprisoned in Ingrid's elegant backwoods home for the weekend. From the first touch of his lips on hers, she felt her resistance melt. But stolen kisses in front of the fire weren't going to keep her warm all winter. Why did a perfectly happy small-town art teacher have to go and lose her heart to a long-distance love?