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After a forced separation, Carrie Stuart comes back to London with reluctance, facing the bittersweet memories of her past. There she meets her former lover, Matthew Silver, again after four years. Matthew has altered his ways, manipulating events to reassert control over Carrie. She witnesses a transformation from the gentle lover she once knew into a distant, hard stranger, prompting Carrie to confront unresolved feelings and the challenges of her complicated past.
First publish date: 1987
Genre: Romance/Contemporary Romance
Authors: Patricia Wilson
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