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Shelly travels to the Portuguese coast of Algarve in search of a father’s forgotten daughter, hoping to finally feel belonging. The family she joins, however, treats her as a claimant to a hidden fortune. Her stepbrother Jaime resents her arrival and assumes her motives are purely financial, yet their shared resentment fuses into a conflicted attraction. Amidst the tension of inheritance and stepfamily dynamics, Shelly and Jaime are drawn together by passion and resistance, creating a romance that challenges both their expectations and the boundaries of their family.
First publish date: 1987
Genre: Romance/Contemporary Romance
Authors: Penny Jordan
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