Cross Tides — Elaine K. Stirling

He was her destiny

Talia Gibrian was dead--or so the world L thought. During a political coup in her homeland, the fiery freedom fighter had plummeted from the cliffs of San Vito and been swept away into the Mediterranean. But 7alia had survived and used her "death" to gain the anonymity long denied her.

And when she met the gentle American, Matt Lehtonen, Talia felt she had found refuge at last. For once in her life she had someone to lean on, someone to love. But fate hadn't finished with Talia. She was destined for greatness... and Matt would be at her side.