The Brain and the Beauty — Betsy Eliot

It was a mansion right out of a gothic novel... And so was the gruff stranger who told Abby Melrose to go home. But she'd come to Dr. Jeremy Waters for help with her exceptional little boy, and she didn't scare easily. The handsome recluse might be off-the-charts smart, but common sense told Abby he needed her as much as she needed him.

Jeremy was a genius, but he was also a red-blooded male, and the determined single mother's arguments -- not to mention her beauty -- were crumbling the once-solid walls surrounding his lonely heart. Before long, Jeremy knew even a know-it-all had something to learn -- especially when it came to the true meaning of love....