With a baby on the way, it should have been the best Christmas ever for Evie Stanton. Instead, she finds herself a widow, and alone in a strange town. Luck seems to shine on Evie when she meets police officer Marty Burke. Marty is everything her late husband was not – kind, caring, and loyal. Marty offers to marry her and give her and her baby a home.It's almost too perfect until Evie hears rumors about Marty's past. She finds it impossible to reconcile the handsome, wonderful man she knows, with the dark and dangerous man she is told about.For Evie, her choice becomes one of uncertainty. Marry a man with a questionable reputation, or find herself homeless with a new baby.