Soon Annabel Baird would be the wife of Philip Ancell, a dynamic international businessman whose work took him to the most glamorous capitals of Europe.

But first he wanted her to meet his employers, and so she flew to Portugal for a sunny reunion with her absentee fiancé.

Instead she met icy stares. And a handsome playboy mysteriously returned from her past. And an enchanting little Portuguese boy whom only she could protect from nameless danger...