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Jacinta knows she should leave when Paul McAlpine opens his door, but a warning from her friend Gerard seems to bind her fate. Though she had resisted him a year ago, this summer’s heat stirs a new, irresistible desire. Capturing the pull of a forbidden romance, the story follows Jacinta as she wrestles with her feelings and the consequences of a summer on Waitapu.
First publish date: June 1998
Genre: Romance/Contemporary Romance
Authors: Robyn Donald
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