Dr. Kathryn Archer is a brilliant woman and a well-respected scientist. She is also beautiful, strong and painfully isolated from the world around her. A dark past has taught her to guard her heart and it is a lesson she learned too soon and far too well. Major Joe Moore is a handsome man, a soldier at the top of the army's most elite group. As a single father Joe is dedicated to his son and his career and he has put the pain and loss of his past behind him. When Joe is charged with solving a military mystery he seeks out Kathryn's expertise to help guide him. Their sparks fly immediately and it's soon more than one puzzle they are trying to solve. Can they find the answers they are charged to seek when all they can feel is the heat building between them? This is the story of their beginning. Their first, heady, romantic, steps toward the incredible family they create together. A love story as remarkable as the family they become.