In this romance from the New York Times –bestselling author, a woman discovers she's still married to her ex-husband—and this time, he wants forever. In a picturesque fishing village off the coast of Maine, twenty-six-year-old attorney Gina Gaynes has a thriving career and a bright future. The last man she wants to see is Rhyder Owens, a virile member of the yachting set, back in town to shake up her life again. She's fought hard to forget what happened between them nine years ago. It hadn't been love, it was raw desire. It wasn't a marriage, it was a scandal. It ended not in bittersweet goodbyes, but with blackmail. Now Rhyder is back to reclaim what he never should have let go. But Gina is not the girl he once knew, one given to impulsive fantasies. She's no longer under the rule of a family who put them both through hell. She's an independent, sophisticated woman who can't be swayed by mere passion. And yet, locked in Rhyder's embrace, her heart skips a beat. It's making Gina wonder, maybe even hope, that the man who once seemed so wrong for her, could actually be the love of her life. Praise for the novels of Janet Dailey "As captivating as it is swoon-worthy." — First for Women "Romance legend." — Publishers Weekly "Year in and year out, Dailey remains the best!" — Affaire de Coeur