Once burnt, twice shy - could she even trust a man again? When Carla Dane is jilted virtually at the altar, her world crashes around her. Petulant and proud, she vows to marry the first man she meets in order to save face. But she never guesses for a moment that she might actually fall in love with the man she chooses. With love, however, comes fresh heartbreak-Carla suspects that there is another woman in her new husbands life, and she runs away to London determined to bury her grief in work. Even there, ther troubles are not over, for her employer, Francis Leed is a lonely widower - a man who poves a tower of strength for Carla... but who hopes for more!