Something very strange was going on here, she thought
With her fiance in traction and her wedding plans postponed, Leone knew she should be upset.
Instead she felt incredibly relieved. What was the matter with her, she wondered. Didn't she love Simon after all?
And why was Simon so eager to involve her with his friend, yachtsman Gray Ellison, whose idea of "cheering Leone up" was inviting her on a cruise to the Channel Islands and then attempting to seduce her?
Alexandra Scott was born in a small Scottish village. She married an English soldier, and their travels, which took them to the Far East and various parts of Europe, proved to be good preparation for her later career as a writer. She had always wanted to write a book but was reluctant to actually try until she and her husband eventually settled in Yorkshire and he signed her up for a writer’s course.