Petals Drifting — Anne Hampson

Four young amateur archaeologists -- Jane Bryant and her brother Guy, Jane's fiancé Dr. Stuart Colson and his sister Pauline -- were all eager to go to Greece to work with the celebrated Dr. Nikolas Vallas on his exciting excavations at Mycenae.

But Nikolas, with memories of the havoc that bachelors could cause among Greek girls, had stipulated "married workers only" for him. Still, that was no great problem. With only two surnames in common, what would be easier than for Jane and Guy, Pauline and Stuart, to pretend to be two married couples?

The deception worked, and now here they all were in Greece. But complications set in when first Jane and then Pauline fell in love with the handsome Nikolas -- who, so he imagined, had no right to be thinking of either of them!

Hero: Dr. Nikolas Vallas
Heroine: Pauline Colson