“You have ambitions beyond a remote place like Ballranoch?” Jake had said with an air of disapproval that had touched a nerve

Cara stared wide-eyed at his back view as his lean figure powered its way around the corner of the drive, and her memory clicked into place like a piece of a jigsaw. Of course she knew exactly who Jack Donahue was! It had been five years ago now, but the brief and memorable unsatisfactory meeting when her father had introduced her to him sprang vividly to mind. It had been just before she’d left for London, and she remembered Jake’s raised eyebrows and his barely disguised sarcasm when she’d told him she was leaving Ballranoch.

But now she was back….