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‘Bonjour, Gabriel.’

Emmaline.

She looked even more beautiful than the image of her that inhabited his dreams at night. Her lace-lined bonnet of natural straw perfectly framed her flawless face. The dark blue of her walking dress made her eyes even more vibrant.

Good God. After two years she still had the power to affect him.

‘Why did you come to see me?’

Her lips trembled before she spoke. ‘Oh, Gabriel. I need you.’

The hard earth he’d packed around his emotions began to crack.

She swallowed and went on, ‘I need your help.’

He came to his senses. ‘Help with what?’

She met his eyes. ‘I need you to find Claude.’

‘Claude.’ The son who’d driven a wedge between them.