THEY COULD NEVER ESCAPE THE PAST. Alys had married Rand three years ago, and they had never revealed the marriage to anyone, even though they had separated soon after. Thrown together again, they are now forced to live out a guilty charade. Each time a reconciliation seems possible, shadows of the past intrude. Love had never been enough to keep them together, yet hatred is not enough to force them apart. Caught in a tangled web of lies and half truths, Alys at last determines to break free - even though it will cost her this man she loves.