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At 21 Jenneth still carries the pain of a failed love and the complicated hope that someone else might heal her heart. She believed that people could rebuild after heartbreak, yet she could not let go of Luke, now 29. Luke Rathby, a man she once thought she could forget, reenters her life eight years later, unexpectedly sparking a new wave of turmoil. Jenneth is forced to confront the lasting impact of betrayal and grapple with whether renewal is possible.
The novel follows Jenneth’s emotional journey as she navigates reconciliation, forgiveness, and the decision whether to trust again in a complex contemporary romantic setting.
First publish date: 1989
Genre: Romance/Contemporary Romance
Authors: Penny Jordan
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