First came trust, then love, then betrayal... A year ago Caroline had almost been a bride--would have been if Philip hadn't left her standing alone at the back of a small Cornish church waiting for a groom who never showed up. "When you love someone," Caro later decided, "you give them power over you. " And she never intended to give another man the power to break her heart--until David came along with his quiet strength and conviction. "You're not alone anymore, " he promised her. But Caro was afraid to weave a dream around him and run the risk of being never a bride, never a wife, never a mother ....