Summer Mountain — Dorothy Cork

It was a bit daunting, Helen found, when she arrived in Australia to marry Nicky Jamieson only to discover that Nicky himself was abroad on an extended holiday -- with another girl! However, the girl, it appeared was only a lifelong good friend, and if Nicky's letters were anything to go by, Helen still came very much first with him -- so there wasn't much she could do except settle down to wait for hm.

But while she waited for his return, Helen made lots of other friends and met other men -- among them Finn Ascroft, of whom Nicky's sister Corinne said firmly, "Finn Ascroft you will please leave alone..."