Love endures in a series of Grace Livingston Hill classics. . . Rodney Graeme is a war hero wounded by love. After receiving news that his fiancée has broken their engagement, Rodney returns home to face the aftermath. But the past won’t fade without a fight.
Young and courageous Rodney Graeme had made a name for himself as a navy hero. Now he was returning home before being given a top-secret assignment in the States. Everyone in town came to greet him. Everyone including beautiful Jessica, the woman Rodney had loved, the woman who had jilted him for a richer man while he was away. And unbeknownst to Rodney, Jessica's powerful husband is determined to use his lovely wife-and Rodney's feelings for her-to his own advantage.|""How hard that he not only had the memory of war and his terrible experiences at sea, but he had to have this great disappointment, too--that this girl had gone back on him. The girl whose name had been linked with his. . . .""
A war hero wounded by love, Rodney Graeme returns home to await a top-secret assignment. . .and to face the aftermath of a broken engagement. But the past won't fade without a fight. His ex-fiancee, Mrs. Jessica De Groot, insists on keeping old friendship alive. . .
. . .and new love from living. New Yorker Diana Winters is visiting a friend in town, trying to sort out her own love woes, when she meets Rodney. Handsome, a decorated officer, devoted to his family and faith, Rodney opens Diana's heart to the prospect of true love.
Just as Diana's presence begins to salve Rodney's own hurting heart, Jessica's jealousy flares and the real reason for her interest in her ex-beau comes to light, threatening Diana and Rodney's relationship. . .and government secrets.