If only she could heal the rift...

Fleur knew all about the bitter family quarrel that had divided her mother and her aunt. No word had been exchanged between the two families for ten years.

So when Luke Riddell appeared from his property on the Wanganui River bearing Aunt Jessica's desperate plea for help--Fleur responded out of a genuine desire to bring them together.

That's why she was so hurt by Luke's mistaking her motives. And she wasn't at all sure it was worth trying to change his low opinion of her.