title: The Kindness of Strangers
author: Bright, Laurey
description: Years ago, Ysande Cazalet had been like any other bride-to-be, until tragedy destroyed something far more precious than her own future. And now she had to stay away from the handsome stranger who made her dream again of marriage and family. For how could Ysande spend her evenings in Rufer Jardine's strong arms when her rightful place was beside a hospital bed?
  
  For months Rufer had tried to get to know Ysande, and for months she ignored him. It wasn't just her sad beauty or complete indifference to him that drew Rufer to her with Ysande, he felt whole for the first time in his life. But then he learned the shocking truth of what threatened to keep them apart forever... .