In love, the price is always high.
Only one man had ever claimed Arabella's heart--Rudi Schlegel, a wildly handsome German. But their youthful affair had ended abruptly with his unexplained departure.

Five years later, on business in Berlin, the lovely Arabella was introduced to a wealthy new novelist. He was none other than her first love, Rudi! The meeting seemed like fate. Yet had it not been for her father's urgent need for a large loan, Arabella told herself she'd have steered clear of the only man who could reawaken her heart.