A woman never forgets her first lover

With years of trying, Danielle Hartman had managed to erase Steve Maddox from her thoughts. That was by day. How often by night she still lay awake missing him -- the warmth and comfort of his body, the searing heat of his kisses.

Then he came back, offering her the lifeline of his love. And offering her the same bitter choice as before -- to marry him and leave her ranch, her home, the world she belonged in.