First published 1984
Karen McAlister attends a Christmas celebration expecting nothing more than holiday pleasantries. Then she encounters Rand Prescott, a man who captures her attention like no one has in years. Her widowed father has long hoped to see her married, but Karen felt satisfied with her single life until this moment. The evening weaves its spell as stars shine overhead and champagne flows, drawing the two together despite the odds. Rand has built impenetrable barriers around his emotions. Nearly blind and fiercely independent, he refuses romantic entanglements, convinced he cannot offer what any woman deserves. Karen threatens everything he believes about himself and love. She breaks through defenses he thought unshakeable in a single evening. Now Rand faces an impossible choice between protecting Karen from what he sees as his limitations and opening his guarded heart to the woman who has changed everything.
Genres: romance, christmas, contemporary-romance, disability
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, second-chance
256 pages · Paperback · Hodder & Stoughton Ltd