by Nora Roberts
First published 1991
Laura Malone carries an unborn child and bears scars that run deeper than her delicate appearance suggests. Her eyes reveal pain she cannot hide, yet her resolve to protect her baby remains unshakable. She has sworn off depending on others after past betrayals left her wounded. Now her body grows weak and her mind struggles under the weight of pregnancy and isolation. She needs help but fears the cost of accepting it. Gabriel enters her world when Laura's strength fails her. She faces a choice between her fierce independence and the survival of herself and her child. Her determination to stand alone battles against the reality that she cannot make it through this ordeal without support. The walls she built to protect herself may be the very barriers that prevent her salvation. Laura must decide whether to trust Gabriel or risk losing everything she fights to preserve.
Genres: romance, family-life, contemporary-romance
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family, second-chance
218 pages · Mass Market Paperback · Silhouette
Content warnings: abuse, emotional-abuse, pregnancy-loss