Islands of Summer

the long version

The prospect of an unexpected six-months' trip to the beautiful island of Bermuda, to work in the beauty salon of a luxury hotel, seemed like Paradise to Caroline. But she had reckoned withopt the dampening and disapproving presence of lan Dryden, the hotel's owner and manager. For some reason, she always seemed to get on the wrong side of him; before they had even met, he suspected his young cousin Colin of being in her clutches; he criticised her behaviour, doubted her common sense, and - most annoyingly! - her sailing ability; and he even tried to interfere with her friendship with the hotel's diving instructor, Jake Macauley. Caroline decided that the best thing was to try and ignore him - but that was easier said than done!