Towards the Sun — Rosalind Brett

Would she never be loved for herself?... Sherlie Wingate was tired of being a burden to her sister-in-law, and it was a relief to be going at last to her father in Bali. But when she arrived her father was dead, and Sherlie found herself a burden again -- on a stepmother who didn't want her. Paul Stewart kindly took her under his wing -- but she couldn't bear the thought of being merely a burden to him...

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Mills & Boon

Young Sherlie Wingate's life on the sun-drenched South Sea Island of Bali looked like being a bleak contrast to the warm loveliness around her. As if it were not enough to be exploited by a chilly stepmother, she must fall in love with the inaccessible Paul Stewart, who at best had a mocking, condescending way of being kind, and at worst was downright ruthless and hostile. Nevertheless, almost to her surprise, Sherlie found herself married to him and then had to cope with his ex-fiancée, Bettina Lake, who even now had no intention of leaving Paul alone…

Hero: Paul Stewart
Heroine: Sherlie Wingate