I started out thinking this would be a housekeeper in the hero’s house, but somehow when the book opened, Stella was a chalet girl in Switzerland and Atlas was a reluctant underwear model.
I adored both of them instantly and I especially adored their snowy visits to the Alps! I especially loved Atlas’s sister, Carmel, who starts out horrible, but will get her own story eventually. She’s got reasons for her bad behaviour.
Back to Stella and Atlas. Stella is such a great, tough, independent heroine who gets bad break after bad break and keeps bouncing back. One of my favorite scenes is when he says he wants to marry her and she tells him to take a long walk off a short pier. Everyone wants to marry him. Doesn’t she know that?
She soon finds out how awful his father is and why Atlas marries her in such a cold-bloodedly strategic move. Too bad she’s already in love with him.
As with all my stories, they do find their way to Happily Ever After, but they sure had to work for it. I hope you love them as much as I do!
