An Old Passion

A dream of love -- lost and betrayed

Merrin Sinclair had vowed she would shed no more tears for Blase Stanhope or for the life they might have had together.

Six years ago his distrust had driven her into an empty marriage on the rebound that had ended tragically. Since then, she had lived a widow's lonely life, burying herself in her job as assistant to a famous author.

Now her work had made meeting Blase inevitable, and even though she thought she couldn't face the cruelty of his loveless eyes, Merrin knew she would never fully live again until she did....

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What had possessed Merrin to agree to her boss's suggestion and go back to Blackrocks, Blase Stanhope's station in New Zealand's North Island? Her boss had suggested that this was her chance to exorcise old ghosts, to get the past unhappiness -- and Blase who had caused it -- into proportion, and out of her system. But she couldn't forget, and the ghosts wouldn't be laid. Her love for Blase was as strong as ever. And Blase still despised her, just as he had six years ago ...

Hero: Blase Stanhope
Heroine: Merrin Sinclair