The Guarded Heart

His was a terrible vengeance. Alannah's thoughtlessness when she was sixteen had caused an accident with tragic consequences. Then, three years later, when she'd finally come to terms with the past, she was painfully reminded of her guilt.. Nicholas Challoner, haunted, brooding for his dead wife and unborn child, was not a man to forget--or to forgive.. He demanded a retribution that only Alannah could pay. And the elaborate web he had woven as part of his revenge left her no way out!