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If only she could turn back the clock!
Juliet Stone was an acclaimed actress and a very happy bride-to-be. But disaster struck when a strange illness ruined her career and caused her fiance to desert her.
Lonely and desperate, Juliet accepted Dr. Damon Masters's proposal of marriage. It would enable him to take an important job in the Middle East, and at least it would keep her busy.
She had no feelings for Damon--or so she thought until Monique Lamont, beautiful and brilliant, came back into his life. And by then it was too late ...
First publish date: 1980
Authors: Roberta Leigh
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