She was also looking a bit pale and strained, whilst trying to strike an enthusiastic note. She was in her late twenties, dark-haired like her brother, but petite and pretty-quite unlike her brother. His sister’s plans for his social life did not appear to improve his mood. He’d just flown in from India, on a delayed flight that had also been diverted, so he was tired and irritable. ‘A masked fancy-dress ball and a charity lunch? You must be out of your mind,’ Brett Wyndham said to his sister Sue. It was on two such occasions that Holly had encountered Brett Wyndham, with disastrous consequences. She was a journalist, although occasionally she partook of the social scene so dear to her mother’s heart Sylvia Harding was a well-known socialite. Sometimes she doubted she ever would be, but she went out of her way not to dwell on the reason for that… Not that she was against wedlock in general, but she knew she wasn’t ready for it. The only child of wealthy parents-although her father had died-she could have rested on her laurels and fulfilled her mother’s dearest ambition for her, that she settle down and make an appropriate, although of course happy, marriage. HOLLY HARDING had the world at her feet-or she should have had. They have lived in nearly every state of Australia, and have tried their hand at some unusual-for them-occupations, such as farming and horse-training-all grist to the mill for a writer! Lindsay started writing romances when their youngest child began school and she was left feeling at a loose end. LINDSAY ARMSTRONG was born in South Africa, but now lives in Australia with her New Zealand-born husband and their five children. Holly closed herself into the cabin and stood in the dark for a long moment with her hand to her mouth. Don’t switch the light on until you’re closed in.’ He turned away and left her. He released her promptly, although with a crooked little smile. ‘Thanks for being here, otherwise I could have really freaked out! But now I’ll say goodnight.’ So…’ She managed to look up at him humorously. ‘But the thing is, I’m here to do a job, and I really need to concentrate on that. ‘We’ve been wanting to do it all day,’ he countered. ‘We shouldn’t be doing this,’ she whispered. Then some common sense prevailed and she drew away a little. Holly was taken completely by surprise, but it felt so good she was immediately riveted and all her fears seemed to melt away.
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