Book description
'"You taste of rain," he said, kissing her. "People say
I married her for her money," he thought contentedly, and for the
moment was full of the self-respect that loving her had given him.' Kate
Heron is a wealthy, charming widow who marries, much to the disapproval
of friends and neighbours, a man ten years her junior: the attractive,
feckless Dermot. Then comes the return of Kate's old friend Charles -
intelligent, kind and now widowed, with his beautiful young daughter.
Kate watches happily as their two families are drawn together, finding
his presence reassuringly familiar, but slowly she becomes aware of
subtle undercurrents that begin to disturb the calm surface of their
friendship. Before long, even she cannot ignore the gathering storm . .
. Elizabeth Taylor (1912-1975) was born and educated in Reading. After
leaving school she worked as a governess and later in a library. She
lived much of her married life in the village of Penn in
Buckinghamshire.
