A Heart Encased in Steel — Catherine Carson

Alice James became Pa to the Managing Director of Stuart Fashions at the age of eighteen and had immediately fallen head over heels in love with her handsome boss. For three years she kept her feelings firmly behind the steel wall she had built to protect her heart. Cal Stuart drove himself hard to keep the company his mother founded running smoothly and expected the same high standard from the staff. When he discovered Alice was responsible for a leakage which cost the company a loss of revenue and reputation he felt he had no option but to accept her resignation. Meeting again two years later Alice realises the steel wall she had built is in danger of cracking as Cal enlists her help to extricate himself from a difficult situation.