Working for the Distress Call Agency, Tara Dereham travels from London to the seaside town of Silverstrand, to help Mrs Ward run her guesthouse. But when Mrs Ward falls ill, Tara has to manage the business and care for her client's grandson, helped by one of the guests, Steven Harris. But there is a secret in the Ward family, and danger looms for Tara as she learns more of the secret and of the people concerned.

About the author
Diney Costeloe, the daughter of a London publisher, and encouraged by her father, has written stories and poems all her life. Trained as a primary school teacher, she has worked in the East End of London and in the private sector. To date she has published ten romantic novels under the name of Diney Delancey, several short stories in magazines and on the radio and many articles and poems. She has also written four further books under the name of Diney Costeloe, Dartmouth Circle, The Ashgrove and its sequel Death's Dark Vale, and Evil on the Wind.