Nicola has just graduated in French, and takes a summer job in the New Forest as tutor/companion to the wealthy seventeen-year-old Sarah Frayn, before she starts a bi-lingual secretarial course. Unpredictable and volatile, Sarah rebels against the harsh rules imposed by her half-brother Robert, especially his prohibition on meeting her boyfriend. Nicola has clashed with Robert before, but when various calamities afflict the family, she is thrown into closer contact with Robert.Previously published under the pseudonym Bridget Thorn.