Long Lost - Deborah Marshall Ronander

At a university event where she feels invisible, Alice meets Julian - a striking, guarded man with warm eyes, careful words, and secrets he refuses to explain. He is only in England for a few days. bound by a job he never fully describes and a life that seems to pull him away every time she gets too close.

Their connection is immediate. Dangerous. Impossible to ignore.

As stolen hours deepen, Alice finds herself drawn into Julian's world of silence, duty, and unanswered questions. He watches every room like a man expecting trouble. He leaves without warning. He speaks in half-truths. And yet with her, he is tender, devoted, and achingly sincere.

But Julian is leaving.

Alice knows she should protect her heart. She knows there is more to him than he is telling her. Yet some loves arrive like fate - sudden, consuming and impossible to forget.>A romantic suspense novel about forbidden longing, hidden lives and the kind of love that changes everything.