About the book: year / This is a story about forbidden love between the beautiful, fragile Winn Hathaway and the mysterious gypsy Kev Merripen...Winn has become disabled since she survived a little scarlet fever that didn't kill her. Merripen is a gypsy who was taken in by the Hathaway family when he was a boy. He always kept his all-consuming passion for Winn a secret, I believe that a romantic relationship between them is impossible. But Winn leaves for one of the best clinics, far from Merripen and his family , and miraculously recovers. And when two years later she returns as a different woman, the passion that flares up between long-held lovers threatens their families, futures and even lives... Kev Merripen lusted after the beautiful, well-bred Winnfred Hathaway from the very moment her family saved him from death when he was just a boy. But this handsome gypsy is a man of mysterious origins, and he fears that his dark past may crush the sophisticated, radiant Win. So Kev refuses to give in to temptation... and his Win is torn from him for a long time by a surprising twist of fate. But Win returns to England... only for to see that Kev has turned into a man who is going to deny love at any cost. Meanwhile, an attractive, seductive admirer has set his sights on Win. It's now or never - Kev must make a choice. But first he must eliminate a dangerous secret in his life, otherwise he risks losing the only woman he has ever lived for.…