Merrilee Daniels Davenport never thought she'd see John Davenport again. Her former husband has returned from fighting in the Pacific, bearing a letter from the little girl he didn't know he had. Merrilee wishes that they could lean on John's able shoulders, but her new assignment as a homeland informant won't allow it. Yet all he wants is to prove he can be the husband she deserves, and the daddy his daughter needs.