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He called her a conniving female

And then James Warren accused Tania of deliberately destroying his sister's marriage. He vowed to make her pay for it.

Tania was an innocent bystander to the tangle of lies and deceit that surrounded the Forbeses' marriage. Yet unless she could make James believe it, she could say goodbye to her hopes of establishing a new life for herself and her daughter in the idyllic village of Appleford.

Even worse, James was just the sort of man she might have been attracted to under different circumstances. Not that Tania could admit that to herself--let alone to James!

Hero: James Warren
Heroine: Tania Carter
Daughter: Lucy Carter