It had been by moonlight that Claire Bailey had first seen Peter Mottram—and she had fallen instantly in love with him. She had only been a teenager then, but in the years that followed she had deliberately moulded herself into the sort of person she knew he would want: she had followed him out to Australia and become his indispensable personal assistant. There was just one snag: Peter saw her as nothing but a useful Girl Friday. And when the glamorous young Deirdre Ellis came into his life, determined to stay there and to get rid of Claire at the earliest opportunity, Claire knew her days were numbered. Was there any point in fighting?