Places In The Heart (Silhouette Special Edition)

Folks in backwater Edwardsburg had always made Matt feel like an outsider. Except sweet Tessa. Fresh as the morning sunshine, she'd shared his hopes, his uncertainties ... his youthful passions. Still, he'd had to move on and Tessa had up and wed another.. Now Matt was back, to close the door forever on his past. The old hometown hadn't changed.... Had Tessa? A mother, a widow, she cherished her late husband's memory. But what was that look in her eyes? Something like guilt, something like torment... something like the desire that still burned in Matt's soul.. Suddenly Matt knew he'd relinquished far more than he'd previously thought. But could Tessa make room in her heart for the lover who'd left her behind?