His proposal seemed like a lifeline!
Antonia Marlowe's first young romance had ended tragically; her strict Spanish relatives repressed her. An empty, dreary life loomed ahead. But then Cal Barnard, a dynamic English industrialist, unexpectedly asked her to marry him. And suddenly the future was transformed into a sunny vista of endless possibilities. The only cloud on her horizon was the fact that she and Cal were not in love. Still, she thought sadly, I suppose a woman who has loved and lost can't expect to find love again....