She wasn't a child anymore! Eden knew little of life beyond her family's New Zealand sheep station. She realized exactly how little when Blade Hammond returned to Onemahutu. Five years had only enhanced his golden looks and rugged physique—and Eden's teenage crush. A crush that was now fueled by desire. Blade made it clear he still thought her a child. She couldn't compete with the glamorous sophisticates he dated—she could only suffer the torment of loving a man so far out of reach. But had Eden just imagined the flash of white-hot emotion behind the golden mask of Blade Hammond's features—or had Blade finally realized she was a woman ... ?

Tegan hadn't seen Kieran Sinclair in ten years, but the memory of his ruthless words still branded her—his savage contempt for the way he believed she'd so heartlessly jilted his wheelchair-bound friend marked her soul. Now their lives collide again and it's as if the intervening years had never happened. Kieran is fired by a dangerous excitement; he remains as threatening as the dark clouds of an impending storm. And Tegan still can't fight the unbridled attraction she has always felt for him. But is there any hope for a relationship where the final surrender remains shrouded by so many unanswered questions?

Paraiso Perdido by Robyn Donald released on Apr 24, 1996 is available now for purchase.