When Dragons Dream by Kathleen O’Brien  –  Copyright 1993

Conner St. George didn’t want anything to do with the troublesome Fairfax women, but he had no choice. His younger brother had married one just before he died, and now the very pregnant Marlene was his responsibility. And that meant asking another Fairfax women, the beautiful and strong-willed Hilary- to come to Dragon’s Creek, North Carolina, to look after her.

When Hilary met Conner, he seemed to be everything she never wanted in a man – too confident, too controlled and far too disturbing- but she soon realized that he needed her more than Marlene did. Dare she risk loving a man so haunted by his past?