ONCE BURNED When polished Seattle professional Lauren Edwards landed at a wilderness cabin to temporarily caretake her widowed brotherâs children, she was flying blind, relying on untried instincts to guide her. Until help arrived in the unlikely form of brazen bush pilot Zach McKendrick whose granite shoulders and mesmerizing maleness marked him a force of nature Lauren hadnât bargained for. No woman alive could resist Zachâs tenderness with the motherless tykesÂor the haunting hunger in his quicksilver eyes. Zach evoked longings Lauren had all but abandonedÂfor marriage, for motherhood. But would this wounded lone wolf ever seek the warmth of hearth and homeÂor safely settle for tending another manâs children?