Seven years ago Karen Sinclair had fallen in love with the attractiye Alexis Whitney. But it had been a brief and inglorious affair, and Karen was deeply ashamed of her part in it. She had settled down a lot since then, with an interesting job and a steady boy-friend, Ray Nichols, whom she would marry in due course. It was all very calm and pleasant-too calm and pleasant, Karen realised when quite unexpectedly Alex came back into her life again, and she realised that she found him as disturbingly attractive as ever. But Alex hadn't been interested in marriage all those years ago, and why should he be interested now? Especially in view of the interest he clearly felt in his beautiful young stepmother Michelle...
