At seventeen, Anne-Marie had been the

American lieutenant s girl. Royce

Buchanan had made life wildly exciting,

even in her sleepy little German town.

Then he d left Germany--and her--behind.

Now, decades later, the naive German girl

was a thoroughly modern California

woman who had known a far quieter,

gentler love. A widow with two teenagers

of her own, Anne-Mane no longer

dreamed impossible dreams. Yet

suddenly, miraculously, Royce Buchanan

was at her doorstep again,daring her to

forget the painful lessons of the past and

risk her pleaceful future for the fleeting

thrill of pleasure in his arms...