About the book: 1999 / Who said that time heals? There are wounds that will never heal, and those who inflicted them will never be forgotten. Like any girl, Emily Ormond dreamed of family happiness, of a child, but even in her worst nightmare she could not foresee that a lustful scoundrel would trample her life and make simple human joys unattainable. Emily said goodbye to her dream forever, but did not yet know that true love can work miracles.