La maison dans l'arbre

Résumé

C’est en cherchant la vérité que Thorn Cannon tombe sur l’amour. Mais l’amour n’est-il pas ait de mensonges ? Pourquoi Rachel Hyatt, cette fille si belle, se terre-t-elle au fin fond d’une province perdue ? Quel est son secret ? Rachel se croit à l’abri, dans sa jolie tour d’ivoire… jusqu’au jour où un ouragan nommé Thorn fait irruption dans sa vie.

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Description en VO :

Rachel Hyatt was a vision of startling beauty swimming in the river, Dr. Thorn Cannon decided -- but could this mermaid be the justice of the peace who'd married his aunt to some stranger and let the honeymooners head for Hawaii without informing him? Exhausted from his medical practice, yet restless for something he couldn't name, he'd driven fast and furiously to Bowersville to discover the truth, and now Rachel had made him forget why he'd come. Filled with hunger and unexpected longing, Thorn yearned to stroke her skin and inflame her passion, to cherish and protect this vulnerable woman whose years of wandering had finally led her home. He'd forgotten the sweet pleasure of being needed, as a doctor, and as a man, but Rachel had lived so long with closed doors. Thorn stirred her, dared her to risk all she held dear. Could she share her secrets with this tender dreamer who'd promised to love all she'd ever be?

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Dr. Thorn Cannon, furious when his elderly aunt marries suddenly and without telling him, heads for the Florida town where the wedding took place to confront the justice of the peace, Rachel Hyatt, a startling beauty who turns his head