Since You've Been Gone — Marta Perry

NICK O'NEILL WAS BACK

People in close-knit Mannington never forgot. Why, folks still whispered about respectable widow Emily Carmichael's scandalous first love and how he'd fled fourteen years ago, vowing never to forgive the town he'd left behind.

Suddenly Nick was back. Rich, powerful--and ready for revenge. Worse, the dark, dangerous prodigal seemed to enchant poor Emily anew. To inspire outright hero-worship in her fatherless twin sons. Did Emily have a prayer of softening Nick's heart? No matter what people said, she had to try. Because, Heaven help her, she was falling in love with Nick all over again ....