They had one thing in common… they were both loyal and zealous in protecting the ones they loved. Well, Tess loved her niece and nephew and recognized the threat Isaac posed to them, and she was beginning to see her own heart was in grave danger. So… maybe she did have a few questions to put to Isaac. But that didn’t mean he was going to like them! A faint suspicion had always simmered just below the surface at his appearance here… out in the middle of nowhere. Where had he come from and where had he been going? How much of him could she trust? It was a foregone conclusion, Isaac was completely smitten. He loved the snow and the sledding and he loved being an uncle! If Joshua was a sampling of what it was like to have a son… he’d like about ten of them. Then there was that sweet adorable Riley. She was going to need a body guard by the time she was sixteen and Isaac was going to make sure he was around to stand in. And Tess, well he was going to make sure he was around her… period. But if Joshua thought his Aunt Tess was grumpy because he had kissed her… wait until she found out the truth about him!