Teach the hot, brainy doctor how to flirt and please a man? Easy. Walk away unchanged at the end of it? That’s another story… I’ve lived my whole life in my older brother’s shadow, happy to play the part of the carefree good ol’ boy—drinking, carousing, and living life with no strings attached. Now it’s time for something real; something I can build and be proud of. I want to expand our ranch and take on the management of a new division. But no one is ready to take me seriously and give me the chance I need. When I run into Dr. Caroline Cressley at the local bar, she’s gorgeous and confident—nothing like the meek little bookworm she was in high school. She’s blossomed in other ways too, and don’t think I didn’t notice. Except she’s not as experienced in some areas as she’d like. And apparently I’m the perfect tutor to get her all caught up. When she asks me for help learning about the, ah, finer ways of seduction, I can’t believe my luck. Not only do I get to play around with this gorgeous woman for a few weeks, but it’s the perfect arrangement to get my brother off my back. With the well-respected town doctor on my arm, he’ll finally realize I’m settling down and ready to take life more seriously. I just never expected to develop feelings. Real ones. Because as different as we are, Caroline’s body and soul fit next to me like a missing puzzle piece. And the more time we spend together, the harder it will be to say goodbye…

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Facing Fearful Odds is based on interviews and correspondence gathered from more than seventy of Wake's American defenders and on research in archival and printed sources. The book covers the planning and political struggles that began Wake Island's transformation into a naval air station and submarine base, the U.S. Navy's eleventh-hour efforts to garrison and fortify Wake, and the various air, sea, and land attacks that resulted in the atoll's capture by the Imperial Japanese Navy. This study attempts to correct the myths that shroud what happened on the atoll. - from preface.