He'd been her window on the world...

Small-town Hayden, Florida, had no use for stained-glass artist Brooke Martin, and the feeling was mutual. She despised the people who'd ruined her reputation with vicious gossip; she loathed those who'd judged her with the same passion she'd once reserved for Nick Marcello.

Lies had destroyed the teenage Brooke's first love for her art teacher, Nick, an innocent devotion nurtured by the understanding they'd shared.

Reunited with him to design Hayden's museum windows, Brooke knew she must finally put the past behind her. For she had a score to settle with the town ... and with Nick.