This Merry Bond — Sara Seale

Nicky Bredon had been quite content to live a rather raffish, Bohemian, roving life with her gay and attractive father; but whether she knew it or not, she needed some form of security and stability, and she had always found it in the old country house to which they returned from time to time. But one year they found things had changed. A new-rich neighbor had been buying Bredon land, and as the reckless Bredon debts mounted, it looked as if he might soon become owner of the house as well. Nicky determined to let the encroaching Simon Shand know what she thought of him, but met with pride and scorn more than equal to her own. Yet out of their antagonism came a happy future for both of them.

Hero: Simon Shand
Heroine: Nicky Bredon