The house stood on a high, densely-wooded hillside in Benedict…
Ten
Johnny Fortune did not like Nell’s friend.
Eleven
Rosie was mortified.
Twelve
Long after the two women had left, Johnny was still…
Thirteen
‘So, come on, ’fess up, Rosie mine. What exactly did…
Fourteen
‘I’ve been here for over twenty minutes and you haven’t…
Part Two Sacred Friendships
Fifteen
Although the traffic in Paris was heavy, it moved along…
Sixteen
Rosie looked across at Collie, and said quietly, ‘I was…
Seventeen
‘Mademoiselle Colette looks so much better, n’est-ce pas?’ the housekeeper…
Eighteen
Within the space of a few seconds, Rosie was slamming…
Nineteen
Much later, after she had bathed, redone her make-up and…
Twenty
‘What happened between your father and Kyra? Did they quarrel?’
Twenty-One
Kyra Arnaud came back to the Loire Valley a week…
Twenty-Two
There was something quite majestic about Kyra Arnaud, Rosie decided,…
Twenty-Three
Two pairs of eyes, one set blue, the other green,…
Twenty-Four
Tiredness overwhelmed Collie.
Twenty-Five
The skies of Paris were an etching in grisaille, a…
Twenty-Six
Back at his suite in the Ritz, Gavin ordered a…
Twenty-Seven
‘A man who gives a woman pearls of great value…
Twenty-Eight
Collie was desperately ill and Henri needed her.
Part Three Dangerous Relationships
Twenty-Nine
‘You’re making progress, really doin’ good, Kevin,’ Neil said. ‘You’ve…
Thirty
It was icy weather, and the drizzling rain was rapidly…
Thirty-One
Ever since Collie’s untimely death in the middle of January…
Thirty-Two
Johnny Fortune stood in front of the mirror in his…
Thirty-Three