KEEPING IT TOGETHER

Brody Brown has always been responsible for others. After his parents' deaths, he gave up a promising artistic career to care for his younger brother and sister. Now with his siblings grown, Brody runs his own business, has a nice house and makes a good living. And for the first time in years, he's on his own.

Elise Sorenson has come to Seattle with her young daughter to find peace. She spent years as a world-famous ballerina—and just as many years in a marriage gone bad—and now she's looking for neither love nor attention. To her surprise she finds both in the handsome, honest man who befriends her with no strings attached.

More than just being friends, Brody and Elise discover in each other what they need—wild, physical passion without commitment. But it'll take a shadow from Elise's past to make them look beyond their basic needs—to what they truly desire.