Cirrus@Austlit

'Miss Ditton came to Bindeo as a housekeeper - and as a companion for Penny Bartlett, who had almost overnight become a young woman. But Miss Ditton's plans went beyond companionship, and she began 'managing' Penny, her father, and John Dean, their quiet neighbor Penny had always considered her special friend.

'As in a nightmare, Penny saw her whole life being shaped against her will - and, worst of all, saw a strange bond growing between Miss Ditton and John Dean...'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'What Kind Of Love Does A Man Want?

'Two women loved Dr. Bob Bradburn. Natalie Norris had always loved him. Hers had been an idealized love when she was fourteen, and then, as she grew older and worked side by side with him, a love that made her long to be part of his hopes, his discouragement, his triumphs. Hers had been more than the ordinary hero-worship of a young girl, and more than a nurse's infatuation for a handsome doctor.

'But there had to be many moments when she could not share in Dr. Brad's life. He was married to Marjorie Daw, a beautiful, spoiled child of a girl who knew how to fill his leisure hours with gayety and excitement.

'Into the story that tells which one was to give him the more lasting happiness, Maysie Greig has woven drama, thrills, tragedy – all the many colored aspects of true romance.'

Source: Publisher's blurb (Pocket edition).