Summer of the Wolf — Patricia Gardner Evans

A GIFT FROM THE SEA . . .

He washed up onto her deserted beach like so much flotsam, half-frozen and barely conscious. Before she even knew his name, Erin Mathias fell under his spell, and the more she got to know him, the more powerful that spell became.

From the moment he saw Erin, Christian Dekker was no longer the hard-bitten loner he'd once been, but he couldn't let her know his feelings--or the secret behind his presence. He'd been sent to protect her and to prevent the research she was doing from falling into the wrong hands. Keeping her safe had to be his first priority, even if that meant hiding the strength of his love.