One mysterious woman. One forbidden pull. And a past that could destroy the love neither of them expected to find.
France, 1853. On a dark night, Axel de La Croix, Count of Roche de la Vaillance, encounters Michelle—a beautiful young woman with long red hair, no memories, and a haunting sense of familiarity.
She does not know who she is. She does not know where she came from. And somewhere in the shadows of her forgotten past lies a secret powerful enough to change both their lives.
Unable to resist the connection between them, Axel is drawn into Michelle’s mysterious world. What begins as a chance encounter soon becomes an intense and passionate love. But as fragments of Michelle’s past begin to emerge, the fragile bond between them is tested by jealousy, suspicion, anger, and revelations neither is prepared to face.
The more they uncover, the more dangerous the truth becomes.
Can love survive when the past refuses to stay buried? Can two people build a future when one of them cannot remember the life that came before?
Angela D’Alia teaches and lives among the hills of the province of Enna. She describes herself as someone with her head in the clouds and her feet planted firmly on the ground, and with this philosophy she tries to balance working life with her need to write. She has painted murals, decorated benches, and created set designs for a local community association. Whenever she can, she retreats into the quiet of the countryside, where she writes or devotes herself to restyling old furniture.