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Lucie Welles leads an idyllic life with her glamorous barrister husband, their cherished son, and a new baby on the way. Her perfect marriage shakes when an old prison stay, long kept hidden, resurfaces. Accused years earlier of a crime she did not commit, Lucie is now blackmailed by the man who framed her. Seton Wallace, who has idolized Lucie for five years, faces a devastating dilemma: confront her past or conceal it. Will love and trust survive the fallout of a guilty wife’s truth?
First publish date: 1997
Genre: Romance/Historical Romance
Authors: Sally Wentworth
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