At seventeen, Anne-Marie had been the American Lieutenant's girl. Royce Buchanan had made life wildly exciting, even in her sleepy little German town. Then, he'd left Germany and her behind. Now, decades later, the naive German girl was a thoroughly modern California woman who had known a far quieter, gentler love. A widow with two teenagers of her own, Anne-Marie no longer dreamed impossible dreams. Yet suddenly, miraculously, Royce Buchanan was at her doorstep again, daring her to forget the painful lessons of the past and risk her peaceful future for the fleeting thrill of pleasure in his arms.