At thirty-one, widow Galen Granata was a veteran of such an unhappy marriage that she had never dared to long for what every woman dreamed of. Like a man to love...and children. So she'd built a wall around herself that no one had even tried to penetrate. Until Del Farentino. And then Galen found herself face-to-face with the enormously attractive widower--and his deaf little girl. Wendy might not be able to talk in the conventional way, but she--and her sexy single father--were speaking to Galen in a way that no one else ever had. Could she find the courage to accept everything they offered?