![]() ![]() Out in the bay, yachts and smaller craft lay at anchor, their lights becoming visible as the sky darkened. Beyond, the lawns sloped away to the jetty, where the shifting waters of the bay lapped against its stone walls. Her room was on the first floor, and immediately below her windows a flowering casuarina spread its branches. Resting her hands on the rail, Helen looked down at the garden of the house two floors below. With the sun sinking into the waters of the bay, a golden glow engulfed the islands of the Sound, its warmth all-embracing, but in no way threatening. Above her head, the slatted roof would give protection from the heat, but right now it wasn’t needed. The balcony itself was made private on two sides by the walls of the rooms adjoining, and a white-painted iron handrail fenced the fourth. Publisher: Harlequin Enterprises, Australia Pty LtdĪ COUPLE OF hours later, Helen stepped out on to the balcony of her room and took a deep breath.
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