At seventeen, Anne-Marie had been the American lieutenant's girl. Royce Buchanan had made life wildly exciting, even in her sleepy little German town. Then he'd left Germany--and her--behind. Now, decades later, the naive German girl was a thoroughly modern California woman who had known a far quieter, gentler love. A widow with two teenagers of her own, Anne-Marie no longer dreamed impossible dreams. Yet suddenly, miraculously, Royce Buchanan was at her doorstep again, daring her to forget the painful lessons of the past and risk her future for the fleeting thrill of pleasure in his arms....