In Love's Shadow — Ginger Chambers

Clay had not changed a bit -- but Sarah had

Sarah would never have returned to Galveston had it not been for her mother-in-law, who was very ill. It was Sarah's love for Allison that had firmed her resolve -- that and the knowledge she wasn't the same person who'd run away eighteen months earlier.

Possessed of a new self-awareness and confidence, she could ignore Clay's remarks. No longer would her husband be able to intimidate her. And that was important, because from the day of her return, Sarah knew she was headed for a showdown with Clay -- over nothing less than Allison's life!