1998 Warner Books BCE. 409 pages. Stella Cameron s novels are a little bit wicked， deliciously daring and irresistibly intriquing. Now she has penned a sweeping， sensual historical novel of a passionate woman and the high-born gentleman she is forbidden to love. As children， Max Rossmana， the son of a viscount， and Kirsty Mercer， a tenant farmer s daughter， were unlikely yet inseparable friends. Innocent to the demands of convention， they formed a club for wishing. And each had only one wish: to be together forever. But Max s family pressured him to live in another world and leave Kirsty behind. Now， changed from a gentle boy into a bitter man， he returns to his Scottish estate， swearing to make his childhood wish come true. And when he calls Kirsty to the castle to work as his assistant- an unprecedented position for a woman-she warily goes to his side. How familiar it feels...and how soon pleasure becomes peril when they risk everything to wish again for a world that will let them love.