Description
The blissful memories of their short ski holiday quickly evaporate when Drew and Samantha Symington arrive home to find Belvedere Manor, their family estate, engulfed in flames. The charred body of Sarah, Drew's sister, has been identified by her husband Ian Taylor. Broken by the tragedy, and unable to return to Belvedere, Ian escapes to Paris to be alone. Attractive socialite Daisy Howard has also come to Paris to mend a shattered heart. Once engaged to Washington lawyer Jack Bader, she gave him up at the altar, when long-lost love Melinda Myles, Sam's sister, came back into his life. Now, in the City of Lights, she is trying to forget the bittersweet affair. Ian and Daisy meet by chance at a Parisian sidewalk cafe and suddenly feel a heat thought long ago extinguished. Haunted by the past, yet driven by their passion, they surrender deliriously to their love. But as quickly as it begins the affair is over. Without a word, Ian leaves Daisy and returns to America, withdrawing to a remote country cabin. Drew and Sam are mystified by his actions. Daisy is devastated. She knows some terrible secret is destroying Ian's final chance at happiness...and she will do anything to unlock its mystery, even if it means sacrificing herself once more for love.....
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