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From the moment Jillian McKinley locked eyes with Evan Wilson, the attraction between them was undeniable.
To Jillian, he seemed the perfect suitor-handsome, charming, and someone with whom she could begin a courtship, marry, and build a life.
But Evan Wilson is nothing more than a rake.
To him, Jillian was simply a beautiful woman he desired... and a conquest he was determined to claim.
He led her on with sweet words and false promises-until he finally got what he wanted.
After a night of breathless passion, Jillian believed a proposal would soon follow.
Instead, her hopes shatter when Evan publicly humiliates her, declaring she was nothing more than another notch on his belt.
Ruined in society, Jillian becomes the favorite target of Cleveland's gossip-mongers.
With her reputation in ruins-and facing a shocking discovery that will alter her future-she makes a bold choice:
She will have her revenge.
Jillian fakes her own death and disappears, determined to build a new life far from the people who cast her aside.
For years, her plan works flawlessly...
...until the night she attends a dinner party and comes face-to-face with a ghost from her past:
Evan Wilson.
Stunned, he realizes the woman he believed dead has been alive all along-and the guilt he's carried for years comes roaring back.
Now the life Jillian constructed so carefully hangs by a thread.
Her secrets-both old and new-threaten to unravel.
And this time, it is Evan who is out for revenge.