Dulcie's Gift

Dulcie's Gift
Ruth Langan

A Secret Too Terrible To TellDulcie Trenton had risen from the ashes of war, determined to build a new life for herself. Yet the price of survival was high, and could cost her the love of Cal Jermain, whose honesty was as raw and as real as his passion.Weary and bitter, Cal needed a miracle, and Providence had provided one when Dulcie and her ragtag band of orphans invaded his island, shattering his grief. But could a man who'd knocked at Hell's gate ever hope to hold an angel in his arms?

Table of Contents

Cover Page (#uf14899a3-e8b3-59e3-a411-90a6477f12e9)

Excerpt (#u92151ffd-896b-5b26-aac1-9c4d6931db4b)

Dear Reader (#u00c4847c-c572-5faf-8a79-abbab2036c48)

Title Page (#ub164ba3a-ed13-5b38-89e4-ee89696f0c4f)

About the Author (#u1acd9112-0dfc-5b93-8b11-d37712dfa683)

Dedication (#u9b06415a-fe37-57af-99f7-02e5fbce10a5)

Prologue (#ua771f52e-1771-5940-9db3-2e557dcdd867)

Chapter One (#uadf3bde9-064d-5a55-ba07-199f2acb1248)

Chapter Two (#u15031f2f-a97e-5554-8a4e-c515a51b417c)

Chapter Three (#u70a1c6ff-a6ee-585d-8b4a-87a970be241f)

Chapter Four (#u3e37c98d-5811-571a-9775-a33ae34887e7)

Chapter Five (#ud4e2b610-f024-56d7-9096-6361295ff626)

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Chapter Seventeen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Eighteen (#litres_trial_promo)

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Chapter Twenty (#litres_trial_promo)

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“Trust me, Dulcie,” Cal said softly.

“I want to…” Dulcie began. It was time to admit the truth.

He rested his hand gently along the side of her face, loving the softness of her skin beneath his fingertips. He felt a flicker of hope. He would move slowly, patiently, so as not to frighten her again. “I can help you, Dulcie. Just tell me everything.”

Her body strained toward his, and without realizing it, she lifted her face to him, hungry for the taste of his lips.

He stood very still, staring down into her eyes. But he made no move to kiss her.

She felt a wave of bitter disappointment. She had hoped to be able to lose herself in the mindless pleasure of passion. But he was not offering her passion.

What he was offering was trust.

And she knew with certainty that once he learned the truth he would turn away from her forever….

Bride’s Bay Resoit

Dear Reader,

In this, the last in the Bride’s Bay series for Harlequin, I take you back to the beginning. A country torn apart by bitter civil war. A South caught in the grip of death and destruction. And people, all hiding secrets, desperate to escape the insanity, who find not only purpose in their lives but also a measure of peace, joy and, most of all, love.

Dulcie’s Gift

Ruth Langan

www.millsandboon.co.uk (http://www.millsandboon.co.uk)

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