The Atonement (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781777868949)

Rob: Seeing Jessica after eight years was a shock. She had taken off in the middle of the night for a life in the city, leaving behind me and the future we had planned.

Life had been hard without her, but now I have a daughter who is my world and a ranch staff to manage. I don't have time to go running after old dreams. Do I?

Am I able to be around her without those old feelings popping up, or has life jaded me where she was concerned?

Had I ever really gotten over her?

Jessica: My life in the city had crumbled. My business took a nosedive crashing off the Brooklyn bridge and my marriage sank right along with it.

The only option was to go back home with nothing to show for the last 8 yrs of my life.

Seeing Rob again was like being hit with a sledgehammer in the heart. I had walked away and not looked back.

Was he living his happy ever after without me?

Can old hurts and misunderstandings from all those years ago be healed, or have they been cemented in stone?