Had she the courage to reclaim true love? Love seemingly played no part in the engagement between Lord Robert Rathbone and Bethany Castle. Yet Robert's arguments had been so reasonable she couldn't refuse. "Will you stay single forever because you can't have the man you really love? " he had asked. He and Bethany could have a good marriage, and there would be children.... Then just before their wedding, a twenty-year-old secret broke the barrier that had kept Bethany and David Castle from fulfilling their love! But what of her promise to Robert?

She knew David was the man for her It didn't take long for artist Liz Redwood to fall in love with the English baronet David Warren Castle. She'd always admired his paintings. And when circumstances brought them together for the summer at the lavish Villa Delphini in Portofino, she discovered him to be a tender, considerate man—the passionate lover she thought could exist only in her dreams. Liz was ready to commit herself to David forever. Until she learned of Bethany—the woman who'd apparently already claimed his heart....