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Bliss faces a dilemma: protect her brother's reputation and keep the family home, or remain single and alone. The only solution she sees is marriage to the powerful and imposing Greek, Paris Apollonaris. Paris has already taken her heart by force, yet he claims he does not love her and will never do so. The novel explores the uneasy alliance forged between two people drawn together by circumstance and the complex emotions that arise when love, duty, and deception collide.
Against the backdrop of contemporary life and family legacy, Bliss and Paris navigate a marriage that starts with necessity but will test their feelings, loyalties, and the very meaning of love.
First publish date: 1984
Genre: Romance/Contemporary Romance
Authors: Violet Winspear
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