It Happened One Autumn (Wallflowers, #2)

by Lisa Kleypas

Sisyphus was a soul in Hades who was damned to perform an eternal task . . . rolling a huge boulder up a hill, only to have it roll down again just before he reached the top.”

“Every friendship has its scars. And I believe if St. Vincent had understood the strength of my feelings for the woman, he wouldn’t have pursued her. In this case, however, I couldn’t allow the past to repeat itself. You’re too . . . important . . . to me.”