Everyone thought the reason Kate avoided men was that she was a one-man woman, grieving for the husband she had lost The truth was that the marriage had been a nightmare that left her bitter, disillusioned and never wishing to get involved again Her low opinion of men, was confirmed when Eliot Holman got the job that should have been hers - solely, Kate told herself, because he was a man and she was only a woman But was that the real reason for the conflict between them?