Four Weeks in Winter

She didn't want love
Not with him -- again!

Tessa worried about meeting Paul Mellor again. She had made a fool of herself over Paul once and didn't want to repeat the experience.

"That you won't," Orme Jared said, "not while you're working for me. We'll put a Keep Off sign on you -- an engagement ring from a very possessive man. Me."

Tessa thought he was joking. Who would believe the great Orme Jared wanted Tessa to marry him!

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Tessa's job with a TV team was a fascinating and enjoyable one, but she certainly wasn't looking forward to her next assignment, which would take her back to her old home town. For it would almost certainly mean meeting Paul Mellor again -- and she had made a fool of herself over Paul once before and had no wish to repeat the experience. So when her boss, Orme Jared, suggested that she pretend to be engaged to him for a few weeks, just to protect herself, Tessa found herself agreeing -- although with reservations.

And in view of the emotional complications that ensued, she soon realised that she had been right to be apprehensive!

Hero: Orme Jared
Heroine: Tessa Harris