She didn't expect a happy ending ...

Tallitha Jones practically trembled when she heard she was being sent to replace Miles Gilmour's secretary. The Brisbane businessman's unpredictable temper was well-known.

But after her initial crash entry into his office, Tallitha found Miles to be surprisingly kind. He helped his red-haired "Tally-ho" to face and forget her traumatic past.

Though she knew that his heart was spoken for, Tallitha was willing to risk loving Miles anyway, with no strings attached. What else could she hope for--that he'd want to marry the girl from the outback?

A little excitement was what she wanted

So Josslyn's sudden assignment to Egypt came as a delightful surprise. Pity she couldn't say the same about her new boss.

Thane Addison. An overbearing, domineering slave driver. And yet, sometimes, Joss got a glimpse of an entirely different sort of personality beneath his arrogant exterior. It was enough that Joss knew despite having to work for this brute of a man, she wanted to stay.

Not that Thane seemed to care at all what his temporary secretary thought about him... .

Danielle didn't hesitate to say yes

Helping out her cousin Val seemed a small price to pay to visit France. And they hadn't seen each other for a very long time.

Unfortunately, Val still remembered the Danielle of before, not the woman she had become. Consequently, racing driver Lee Bradford, thanks to Val, thought Danielle was ineffectual.

This view was strongly reinforced after Lee badly injured himself and Danielle offered to help out. She had to prove to him that she was fully capable and had a mind of her own, but how?