Season of Forgetfulness
Summers, Essie
Hired by telegram  --  and by mistake

Valancy Adam-Smith had never even heard of novelist Godfrey Carmichael when she applied by wire for the job as his secretary. So his fury when he discovered "V. Adam-Smith" was female both startled and intrigued her.

Who were the women who had so bitterly disillusioned him?

And why, Valancy wondered, should it matter to her that Godfrey's former fiancee had returned to New Zealand, obviously hoping for a reconciliation.

Hero: Godfrey Carmichael
Heroine: Valancy Adam-Smith