Farewell to Winter — Iris Bromige

Good fortune seemed to smile at last on Emma Barcombe and an exciting new freedom was about to unfold when she came to live and work on a small journal in the delightful West Country village of Clevedon. But the armor she had been forced to build as her only defense from earliest childhood was not easily put aside and at first she needed it -- particularly when obliged to come into frequent contact with the cynical hard Paul Amberley. In their different ways, both Paul and Emma were casualties needing time to heal -- time to misunderstand each other sorely, but ultimately time to come together in trust and love.