Poppy Girl

FEATHERING HIS OWN NEST --- WAS THAT HIS AIM?

Philippa Ingram accepted calmly the news that she was a possible heir to the Copperthwaite Wool Mills of Cumbria.

The prospect of fortune did not overwhelm her, but a certain Frenchman did.

On holiday in Avignon, the sensible Philippa allowed herself to be swept off her feet by a man described as a "heartbreaker," definitely "not husband material."

But marriage to Philippa was on Francis Balfour's mind --- and she feared his motivation did not match her own ...