Sammi Carmichael has lost her husband to a car accident, her self-confidence to her husband, her finances to her late husband's debts. But she has a knack for solving production problems on the job at Elliot Air, and the promotion to a newly-created executive position, plus a boss who believes in her, restores her self-confidence and her finances. But when her boss suffers a heart attack and his son moves home and takes over the company, Sammi's job, the only thing in the world she's good at, is threatened. Nick Elliot doesn't believe she or her job are necessary. She realizes she has two choices: prove him wrong, or find another job before he fires her.

Nick at first believes that Sammi and his father have had a thing going, and that's how she got her cushy job. But he's surprised when he sees several items circled in red in the Help Wanted ads lying on her car seat. Maybe she knows she's not needed. Except, Nick is starting to think that maybe he needs her. For himself. He can't get this beautiful woman out of his mind. He quickly learns that his assumptions about Sammi and his father were wrong. Right after he learns the curves of her body and the taste of her lips. How is he supposed to live without her? She can't leave!

Then he realizes he's been wrong about something else. The company does need her and her ideas. Now he must convince her that he should be as important to her as the job is. He wants it all—a great executive who knows how to take the company forward and get them back to building aircraft again, which Nick's been wanting to do for years, and he wants the woman. Sammi Carmichael. And Sammi's heart. All he has to do is convince her that he won't break it.