Mist of Memory — Ruth McCarthy Sears

Why hadn't Aaron called her? After five years as a prisoner of war her dashing fiance, Captain Aaron Cowdray, was home--she had watched on her television set in Chicago while he deplaned at a California base--yet Susan Ames had had no message from him.

She needed to know, for better or worse, how Aaron felt about her now. Until she did, she could not banish the memories of their dazzling courtship, memories to which she had tenaciously clung during the ordeal of silence. Risking her pride and the possibility of rejection, Susan arranged for a leave of absence from her job and boarded a plane for San Francisco.

Arriving unannounced at the elegant old home of Aaron's mother on the outskirts of the city, Susan was appalled to find the rude, malicious Mrs. Cowdray and her slovenly daughter, Crystal, bore no resemblance to the gracious women Aaron's descriptions had led her to expect. And her first meeting with Aaron was even more disturbing.

Of course she had hoped he would take her into his arms and renew their vows of eternal love, but she could not help feeling that even a brutal rebuff would have been preferable to Aaron's reserved demeanor and polite indifference. It was almost as if...

Horrible though the implications were, Susan finally had to admit what became increasingly obvious--Aaron had completely lost his memory!