"Riley Madigan moves to Miracle Creek to nurse a broken heart, but when she meets Mark Rivers, a former firefighter who was badly burned during a rescue operation, she must decide if she is willing to risk loving again"--
When Riley Madigan moves to the sleepy mountain town of Miracle Creek, she hopes her new job as a high school art teacher will help her mend her recently broken heart. Former firefighter Mark Rivers has spent the last year recovering from burns sustained during a rescue operation and is struggling both emotionally and psychologically. When Mark asks Riley to work on a special nativity project, he finds himself falling for her quirky, unaffected ways. Riley doesn't seem bothered by his scars, but is her affection for him real, or is this just another act of charity? -- adapted from back cover