Kate Langford had never really forgotten him. Eight years ago, when she had been an impetuous girl of seventeen, Chase Jamison had ignited the passion in her soul. Then he had left her father's company under mysterious circumstances and become a bittersweet memory. Now, after one electrifying encounter at the Mardi Gras ball--an encounter that had left Kate breathlessly aroused and hopelessly confused--she realized it wasn't over. He was coming back to Baytown--for good--as the new owner of her father's company. Was it a foolish fantasy from her past? Or was this irresistible intruder the long-lost love of her life?