"I'm going to marry her," he'd said. Just because David Kendrick fell in love with Jade at first sight, it didn't mean she had to go along with the idea! She had escaped to the sanctuary of a Devon village and a job teaching at her friends' school because she wanted some peace and quiet, and the last thing she needed was this impulsive, handsome man turning her life upside down and stirring up her emotions. But Jade couldn't resist David's single- minded pursuit of her, even though she knew she was not yet free from the terrible shadows of her London past....