Seasons of the Heart — Marilyn Cunningham

FORBIDDEN LOVE

As the Idaho valley's new schoolmarm, Jessica Whittaker never expected to have a young man her own age as a student. But with his thirst for the world, Mark Hardy was determined to learn everything he could--including how to win Jessica's heart.

A springtime of love cascaded into a summer of splendor. Ambition carried Mark off to seek his fortune, and Jessica alone bore the heat of shame. With her once-bright dreams trickling into chill despair, who could blame her for taking shelter in another man's arms?

Then Mark returned, wealthy, powerful, burying mercy beneath his glacial fury. Surely Jessica had known all the seasons of the heart. Was the wild, wondrous cycle finally at its end...or about to begin anew?