Heroes Great and Small — Marie Ferrarella

FLEETING FATHERHOOD

Widower Bromley Culhane had fallen utterly, irrevocably in love--with his adopted newborn daughter. Tiny Katie made his world complete... until Brom discovered she'd been kidnapped. Shattered, he'd returned the infant to her frantic mother, certain nothing worthwhile would ever fill his empty days and hollow heart again.

Katie's pretty aunt, Julia Sinclair, wrapped herself in vibrant colors and a breezy attitude to conceal her dark secrets. No one suspected her inner torment... no one except Brom Culhane. Julia played her usual carefree, flirtatious games with him, but Brom sensed that she was desperately hiding something.

Afraid to risk their hearts on intimacy, Julia and Brom never intended to get too close, and they certainly never intended to fall in love....