But I longed for someone to share my life with, and after watching both my younger sisters fall in love, I was convinced it would never happen for me.

Until the day I ran into him-my one night stand from college with the broad shoulders, crooked smile, and let's-get-out-of-here eyes.

Cute and cocky back then, today Levi Brooks is six feet four inches of hot bearded fantasy. A sexy single dad with muscular arms, strong hands, and a fantastically big ... heart. (I mean, it's massive. And generous. And it pumps so hard ... um. Sorry. Lost my place.)

Being a good father means everything to him, but he's keeping me at a distance because he thinks I deserve someone better - a man who can give me more time, more attention, more of himself. He doesn't believe he could ever be enough.

But he's wrong.

All I need is the chance to prove it.