Women and children first, and single fathers be hanged! So thought special education teacher Jamie Carr. For kids, she had a heartful of love to give, but she'd had a fill of adult-male takers. Yet with a handicapped nephew as his new "son," bachelor father Mitch Bishop faced utter confusion and relentless anguish. Jamie knew she could help him --- if she kept her mind on his troubles and off his legendary charms. Wanting Mitch was elementary. Trusting him was incomprehensible. Though Jamie was an excellent teacher, she desperately needed some precious lessons in loving.