It was easy for Shannon Lea to avoid personal relationships - she had a peripatetic job which which allowed her no chance to become involved. And then Dane Jacobsen strode into her life and refused to leave. But when he discovered that her icy exterior was as cold as the snow she was falling into, he decided he wasn't interested in being the one to melt it. So Shannon left to resume her safe, impersonal life and hoped she would never see him again. Life was so much easier when one's heart was kept under lock and key.