by Diana Palmer
Part of Long, Tall Texans, book 5
First published 1990
Arabella Craig was eighteen when Ethan Hardeman first awakened her desire, only to crush it by marrying someone else. Years later, a family crisis forces them back together. Ethan now runs the Hardeman business empire as a divorced and bitter man. He commands respect in boardrooms and treats most people with generous fairness, but he keeps Arabella at a cold distance. She must work alongside him daily, which rekindles both her longing and her old wounds. Ethan remains physically close but emotionally unreachable. The same attraction that once bound them still burns between them, yet he refuses to acknowledge it. Arabella faces a choice: accept his rejection again or fight for the love that has defined her adult life. This time she refuses to let him walk away without a real confrontation about their shared past and possible future.
Genres: romance, contemporary-romance, family-drama
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, second-chance
192 pages · Mass Market Paperback · Silhouette