The Morning Gift

About this book

Drama and romance abound in this charming epic romance ideal for fans of The English Patient Twenty-year-old Ruth Berger is desperate. The daughter of a Jewish-Austrian professor she was supposed to have escaped Vienna before the Nazis marched into the city. Yet the plan went completely wrong and while her family and fianc are waiting for her in safety Ruth is stuck in Vienna with no way to escape. Then she encounters her fathers younger college professor the dashing British paleontologist Quin Sommerville. Together they strike a bargain: a marriage of convenience to be annulled as soon as they return to safety. But dissolving the marriage proves to be more difficult than either of them thoughtnot the least because of the undeniable attraction Quin and Ruth share. To make matters worse Ruth is enrolled in Quins university in his very classes. Can their secret survive or will circumstances destroy their love?