Summer, 1940. Britain is at war, and her brave fighter pilots attempt to keep the enemy at bay. To escape horrid memories and her managing mother, Pamela Allison leaves London and accepts a job from her aunt, working in the family store in the village. The last thing Pamela wants is a man, especially one who reminds her of her brutal, now deceased husband. Enter Michael Stedman, a Spitfire pilot based at the Biggin Hill airbase. Depressed and a little drunk after the death of his best friend, he doesn’t expect to meet a beautiful woman, but something about Pamela tempts him. He’s not looking for anything permanent since a pilot’s life is fraught with danger, just a little feminine company to take his mind off the war. Kisses. Caresses. Walks in the moonlight. London is under siege. Bombs drop every night and the danger increases for everyone. Michael and Pamela’s relationship deepens and they become lovers but gossip and the past intrude and threaten to destroy everything, including her good reputation.

Synopsis Hidden amongst the rolling hills of Scotland's rugged countryside is Kinrara Keep, home to the beautiful and spirited Countess of Kinley, sole heiress to the estate. Determined to never marry, Jezebel has but one goal: to care for the home that she loves and the aging servants who are her only family. But fate it seems has a far different plan for Jezebel. Aiden Darlington the wealthy and powerful duke of Thistledowne has offered her his hand in marriage. By rejecting him, she risks his wrath but was she to accept she would be risking far more. Now Aiden's life is threatened and Jezebel is the prime suspect. Caught amidst a maelstrom of passion and danger, neither Jezebel nor Aiden dares acknowledge the love that is enfolding between them. Even as they fight to resist its powerful force however, they cannot deny its existence or the knowledge that it is that very love, intriguing and alluring, that could be their salvation. If only they could find the courage to reach for it....

Reprint of the original, first published in 1875.