For four years, Sandra Carter has been Blake Keaton's secret, knowing his heart belongs to a past he cannot forsake. When his first love, Vivian Hart, returns, Sandra accepts that Blake will never marry her. She moves on, finding solace in an engagement to another man. The news ignites a dangerous fire in Blake. His polite detachment shatters, replaced by a possessive, obsessive madness. Realizing too late the depth of his feelings, he is consumed by a fierce, desperate determination to win Sandra back—even if it means destroying the peaceful future she has built without him.
