Legal secretary Fern can’t quite believe her luck when post barrister James Carver takes a shine to her. With her mahogany brown hair – ‘I blend in with the office furniture’ – and green eyes, she doesn’t feel in any way special. After all, a typing speed of 60 wpm and a dream of being an artist hardly make her a catch. Flattered and thrilled at the attention, Fern is smitten, even when James turns out to have some very strange habits …
When will Fern see that he is a total rat? When she gets the sack – for slapping a judge – or when she suspects he’s seeing someone else? With her family breaking apart and her love life in disarray, Fern refuses to see the truth about James – or about herself, and why she’s running away from a man who really loves her …
