Dimensions
129 x 16 x 199mm
It is high summer in Paradise. The smell of newly-mown grass and the scent of old blush roses mingle to form a fragrance warm and fresh as peaches; Laura Fenton feeds the black swans on the pond and watches her husband tidying up the lawn.
Geoffrey has given Laura everything she could possibly want: the mossy Elizabethan farmhouse that has been in his family for generations, the garden that is her greatest passion, the children whose children will inherit both.
There are times when her friends feel that just a tiny shudder to Laura's idyllic life wouldn't go amiss. But, unknown to anyone, the harsh real world of banks and business is already threatening the Fentons' perfect domesticity.
As Laura and her husband fight separately to save themselves, the net closes more tightly around them. Laura's forever lover is ensnared; so are her daughter and her son-in-law, a City broker. And Laura wonders if love or many could be the answer to her problems.
