"No strings" was what they both agreed to

But a price had to be paid, and when events separated them, Karen bore their child alone. She had loved Val desperately and refused to trap him into a marriage he did not want.

Then, seven years later, he discovered their son's existence and snatched Tony from under her nose. "If you want him, you'll have to come and get him," he told her.

But it was not that simple, for memories and his still potent attraction undermined all her efforts to fight him.