The Smouldering Flame

Joanna loved Shannon Carne and he loved her—but there were several overwhelming reasons why they should not marry.

Traveling from the seclusion of the Lakeland fells, she sought him across Africa, journeying hundreds of miles by train to the remote mining outpost of Kwyana. Shannon confronted her at the rugged gold mine—guarding his solitary life, hardened by ten years of bitter exile.

"All right, Joanna," Shannon said harshly. "I love you. But it's no use. It never was, and it never will be. We've had today. Let's just remember it as a day out of time."

Even as fever racked his body, he fought her desperate arrival, dreading the dangerous passion rekindled between them. Joanna stared at him numbly—envisaging the future, bleak without him. She had to find some way to make him change his mind!

• Forced Proximity: Stranded in Shannon's isolated bungalow at the Kwyana mine, Joanna must contend with the watchful hostility of nurse Camilla Langley while resisting the temptation of his presence.
• Slow Burn: A ten-year separation has only deepened the unspoken bond between them, turning every stolen conversation and brush of skin into an agonizing trial.
• Small Town Setting: Amid the snow-covered fells surrounding Mallowsdale Hall, watchful neighbours and a pending engagement to local farmer Philip Lawson complicate an already perilous reunion.
• Also by This Author: Fruto del amor, Un heredero inesperado and Le piège du désir.