Product Description <br/><br/>Eighteen-year-old Laura Templeton, daughter of the rich Templeton hoteliers, cherished the ideal of a happy, loving marriage. Twelve years later, her dream shattered by her husband's betrayal, Laura is a divorced mother of two, with little time or inclination for romance.<br/>A partner in Pretenses, the glamorous second-hand boutique she runs with her friend Margo and adoptive sister Kate, Laura juggles her days with the skill and precision of a conjurer. Then stormy adventurer Michael Fury returns to Big Sur, California to breed horses, and Laura discovers the first stirrings of a passion that defies her to dream again...<br/><br/> About the Author <br/><br/>Nora Roberts is the number-one New York Times-bestselling author of more than 150 novels, including Blue Smoke, High Noon, and Angels Fall, winner of the Quill Award as Best Novel of 2006. She is also the author of the bestselling futuristic suspense series written under the pen name J. D. Robb. Roberts has more than 294 million copies of her books in print.