What does a man do when he finds an attractive young thief, trying to escape out of his window with bag full of his things? He spanks her wiggling rear end and pulls her inside for more punishment. Rose Cooper gets caught breaking into a house and stealing during the worst snowstorm that Minnesota has seen in years. The reason she gets caught is that she's sick. She sneezes and coughs so much that she wakes the owner of the house. David Armstrong is surprised to find an attractive young thief trying to climb out of his dining room window. He yanks her back inside by the seat of her jeans while her accomplices take off. When he calls the police, he’s informed that they can’t come and collect her because of the storm. He has the option to either let her go, or to keep his uninvited guest safely inside until the police can come and fetch her. Because she doesn't look like a dangerous criminal, he sits her down and scolds her, giving her a long speech about respecting what other people have worked hard to obtain while he debates with himself what he should do with her. Rose cries because she’s afraid of the police. She doesn't want to go to jail or worse yet back to her mother and stepfather. He was the reason that she ran away in the first place. David suddenly notices that Rose isn't feeling well. He lays his hand on her forehead and notices that she has a raging fever. He swoops her into his arms and brings her into his bathroom while cursing himself for being so gullible. Caring for a sick patient wasn’t what he planned to do while on Christmas vacation from his internship from the hospital. He had wanted to fly home to his family, but he was stuck here because of the snowstorm. Finally, on Christmas Eve, Rose starts to feel better. David feels that now is a good time for them to talk about her bad behavior as well as take the necessary measures to correct her behavior and convince her to change her ways.
This book contains elements of domestic discipline as well as very hot romantic scenes. If such scenes offend you, please don’t buy the book.