Rachel fell in love with Gabriel at first sight, and on her nineteenth birthday she gave herself to him with all the passion and recklessness of her youth. It seemed to her that Gabe loved her too, that they had a long and happy life ahead of them. But the very next day, the lover pretended that nothing special had happened between them, and then completely left to live and work in another country. And it is unlikely that they would ever meet again, if not for one family secret that was revealed to them by pure chance...

Note 2020: Published under the pseudonym Laura Patrick, but authored by Kate Walker.