About This Book
She was half inclined to pinch herself to make sure she was awake, that being a guest in this lovely chateau in the South of France was not a dream...
But Barbary's engagement to Ricky seemed to have turned his whole world against her. Even the glamour of her stay in France could not disguise the fact that most people, from Ricky's Aunt Melisande to his oldest friend, Lady Marigold, thought her a most unsuitable match for him. And she knew very well that Vance disapproved. Vance, who was so inscrutable and elusive, and so often in her thoughts...
But Barbary's engagement to Ricky seemed to have turned his whole world against her. Even the glamour of her stay in France could not disguise the fact that most people, from Ricky's Aunt Melisande to his oldest friend, Lady Marigold, thought her a most unsuitable match for him. And she knew very well that Vance disapproved. Vance, who was so inscrutable and elusive, and so often in her thoughts...