Meg Oakley's reputation is entirely undeserved! well, nearly. She can't help it if she breaks hearts, can she? But Meg's own delightfully warm and scatty heart is in real danger when she falls for the handsome, wealthy young landowner Jake Arundel. His killer charm lures Meg straight into his arms and off for some moonlit assignations in the old gamekeeper's cottage. There's an obstacle, though - Jake's fiancee Aurora. So it's a good thing the whole village is under the impression that Meg is involved with widowed schoolteacher and single parent Matthew Potter. He'll be the perfect smokescreen!

Prizes

Winner of Romantic Novelists' Association New Writers' Award 2000.

'you'll have a fun read' -- Company

Valerie-Anne Baglietto was born in Gibraltar in 1971. Her grandfather and great-grandfather were both writers, so Valerie-Anne keeps the tradition in the family and writes under her maiden name. Although she always wanted to be a novelist, she worked in London as a graphic designer for a couple of years while scribbling fiction in her spare time. To her delight, in 2000 she won the Romantic Novelists' Association New Writers' Award. However, when she realised that she would have to make a speech, her delight wavered momentarily. She lives in Essex with her husband, but no cats, because unfortunately he's allergic to them. Valerie-Anne hopes that he won't develop a sudden allergy to dirty nappies, as that would be far too convenient