by Jill Mansell
First published 2004
Maddy Harvey thought her ugly duckling days were behind her. Then she meets someone in the dark and sparks fly. The chemistry feels perfect. The connection runs deep. She thinks she might have found her prince at last. Morning light changes everything. Her mysterious lover turns out to be someone from her past. Someone completely wrong for her. Someone who represents everything she tried to leave behind when she transformed herself from awkward teenager to confident woman. Now Maddy faces an impossible choice. She can walk away from the most intense attraction she has ever felt. Or she can risk her carefully rebuilt life for a man who once knew her at her most vulnerable. The heart wants what it wants, but sometimes what the heart wants can destroy everything you have worked to become.
Genres: fiction, romance, adult-fiction, contemporary-romance
Vibes: atmospheric, emotional, intimate, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, second-chance
352 pages · Paperback · Headline Hardbacks