She loved him more than life itself Mark Blackthorne knew the moment he first saw Elizabeth, a struggling young singer from London, that he had to have her. And he pursued her with a persistence bordering on obsession. Theirs was a whirlwind romance. Before she knew it, Elizabeth's capacity to love him had become limitless--and frightening--especially when she realized how vulnerable she'd allowed herself to become. She loved Mark beyond all reason. Yet, although he'd asked her to become his wife, he'd never actually told her why he wanted her so much... .