It had been concern for her mother, at the mercy of her bullying father, and no other reason, that had made Suzanne refuse to go abroad with Ross Beckett, whom she had loved so dearly - and as a result, he had left her in anger and bitterness and she had not seen him since. Now, six years later, he was back. But not on the old terms. He had a girlfriend, Tania Marlowe, while Suzanne was on the point of marrying Miles Harringdon. Could she expect Ross to forgive her, or take her back, now?