Half Heart — Amanda Preble

Was there such a thing as fate?

Only a week ago Valerie had been in New York, her dreams shattered. Now here she was, at home in one of the loveliest chateaux of the Loire Valley, wearing the fabulous Mi-Coeur ruby and engaged to Paul Middleton, the world-famous artist.

They had struck a bargain. But everything was so perfect. Paul was the answer to all her dreams. How could theirs be a marriage in name only? Would fate carry her to the very threshold of love, thrust her into the arms of the one man she could truly love, then lock the door to his heart and throw away the key?