Marnie couldn't escape from herself

The Scottish island was remote enough--just the place to recover from her fiance's betrayal and her sister's tragic death. The only trouble was that the neighbors wanted to be neighborly.

Marnie finally had to tell interfering Ewan McNeill that she just wanted to be left alone. "Okay, lady, have it your way, " he replied coldly. "But you sure aren't going to last long on Culla the way you're going on."

His unsympathetic words made her all the more determined to manage without help--especially his!