Flame Tree
Visiting  her  mothers  old  friend  Isabel  Castillo  in  Mexico,  Laura was hoping to draw on local colour as the background for her new novel  She did better than that in  fact  form  Isabel's lordly  nephew Roman  she  found  the  model  for  her  romantic  hero.  But  romantic heroes  are  not  always  noted  for  the  more  desirable  real  life qualities of niceness and kindness and nor was Roman She would be very foolish Laura soon realised to fall in love with him For no woman it was clear; not even a wife would hold Roman Castillo's interest for very long.

Hero: Ramon Castillo
Heroine: Isabel Castillo