Verona had met Stephen in Paris as a fellow student, he was the mostbrilliant young artist in London, and she loved him madly. His portrait ofher was magnificent, capturing her large, lustrous eyes and creamy skin.Though their love was true, Verona refused to be Stephen's mistress and lefthim to marry a young army officer. She tried to be happy there, but soon shefound herself longing for the bohemian life of her former days and, when herhusband was stationed in Egypt, began to wonder what would happen if, justby chance, she should run into Stephen again. And when illness struck her,Verona was rushed back to England to recuperate. There she saw her belovedStephen again--in the most fateful, climactic moment of her life!

Genre: Romance