Afraid to Love — Margaret Mayo

She would never trust him again

Ruth had been shocked by her widowed father Patrick's hasty remarriage, but when she arrived on the Isles of Sicily to meet her new stepmother, she was even more shocked to discover she had a stepbrother -- Matt Vincent.

Six years before, Matt had broken her heart by walking out on her without a word of explanation. Now, she wanted nothing more to do with him, and she wasted no time in telling him so.

But Matt, it seemed, had other ideas!

Hero: Matt Vincent
Heroine: Ruth Golding