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For five years, Natasha Sokolova has loved and cared for jewelry tycoon Dmitry Rostoff's two children, Peter and Katia, on her own. Her nights haunted with achingly cruel dreams of unrequited love, and promises never made.
Peter's eighteenth birthday arrives. Dmitry is returning home to celebrate. Nathasha is five years stronger, five years smarter-and she'd rather die than give Dmitry the satisfaction of knowing he broke her heart.
Dmitry put thousands of miles between him and the act of betrayal that nearly destroyed him. Only for Peter does he break his vow never to return, endure the ugly memories of an evil mother, and swallow his bitterness just long enough to make his son happy-then make his escape.
One look at the beautiful woman who stole his heart-and the angelic daughter he once couldn't bear to lay eyes on-loosens the knot of hatred coiled inside him. The desire to free himself from his past, and his family from the prison of the Rostoff estate, sparks a plan that Dmitry is certain will succeed.
But the Rostoff matriarch has no intention of allowing her grandchildren to slip from her control. To further strengthen her dominance, she plots to create a rift between Dmitry and Natasha that is impassable-and permanent.
About the author
Stella May is an author of the family saga/ trilogy Once & Forever, and romance-fantasy Rhapsody in Dreams. Love and family are two cornerstones of her stories.
When not writing, she enjoys classical music, reading, and long walks along the ocean.
She lives in Jacksonville, Florida with her husband Leo and son George, her two best friends and partners in family business.
