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Jessica:
I've been living in the small town of Aspen Bluffs for two years, since I graduated from high school and finally left my horrible family conditions behind. With no help and no college, I've stayed mostly out of sight, working hard at the local school as a teacher's aide.
I love kids but I'm not ready when my estranged older sister and her husband pass away in a car accident and the attorney who tracks me down, brings my niece and nephew. My new family.
Their daughter, Miracle, has severe asthma attacks that scare the devil out of me. Until I meet Richard during an attack. The handsome older firefighter helps out in the grocery store when Miracle has an attack. He makes me feel safe and calm. Capable of dealing with an overwhelming, frightening new future.
When my new apartment burns to the ground, he offers us a place to stay. He makes himself indispensable but will he abandon me as my sister did a long time ago or will he step up to be just the man I need?
Richard:
She's so young and lost. I'm too old for her and should leave her alone. But I find myself fascinated with the young mother. Watching for her blond head when I'm walking around town. Listening to gossip, trying to find out anything I can about her and her children. And the more I run into her, the more I can't stop thinking about her. I can't stop helping her whenever I can. Helping her cope with two grieving children she's never met, when she's barely more than a child herself. Helping her deal with Miracle's health issues, the fire that left them all homeless and the woman who turns up to try and get the child back that she gave up for adoption, Miracle's older brother, Gavin.
One obstacle after another tries to break her spirit but she rises up, fighting for her new little family. Can I prove to her that age doesn't matter...just love?
