Used book – The Summer of Promises, Susan Mallery, Françoise Rigal

They are neighbors but radically different: Elissa is as cheerful and outgoing as Walker Buchanan, the other, is secretive and dark. They are madly attracted to each other, but each resists with all their might the love that is blossoming: Elissa because she only returned to Seattle to protect her little girl from an irresponsible father, and she refuses to trust a man again; Walker because he is haunted by a secret and feels he is neither cut out to make a woman happy nor to start a family. So, they decide never to become more than friends. But in the warmth of Seattle's summer nights, how can they not surrender to the promises of desire? And when Walker and Elissa exchange a dizzying kiss, they realize how difficult it will be for them to respect the pact of friendship they imprudently and hastily made...