Jason Manning was not the marrying kind -- until a precocious teenage matchmaker interfered, and the born bachelor and sports fan found himself irresistibly drawn to single working mother Charlotte Weston. Beneath Charlotte's reserved exterior was a warm, loving woman whose tender passion rocked Jason to the very depths of his soul. Swept away by feelings he'd never known, he asked her to be his wife. But Charlotte had been hurt before and was afraid to give her heart again. Could Jason prove to this reluctant, stubborn woman that theirs was a very special love -- to have and to hold -- a love they should cherish forever?