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Five years after leaving his passionate relationship with Laura Fleming to marry the girl he had betrothed as a child, Raphael Madralena returns to London as a widower. An unexpected job advertisement in The Times draws Laura, unaware, to work for him. Their reunion forces them to confront the brief, head‑driven romance that once consumed them and to decide whether the sparks of their past ignited again.
First publish date: 1971
Genre: Romance/Contemporary Romance
Authors: Anne Mather
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