Awake to the Dawn — Doris Rae

Andrew said, “I've no intention of getting married for a long time. At least until I'm thirty-five.”

Sarah replies, “I'm not going to get married. Ever. Not even when I'm thirty-five like you.”

With this, any romantic notions completely eliminated from their relationship, Andrew and Sarah are able to concentrate on developing their friendship and professional interests. It is their mutual love of the classical Florentine arts and their joint efforts in renovating the villa that Andrew has inherited which not only kindle their friendship but subtly alter it as well. Each remains unaware of the other's changed feelings.

It takes a break-in by thieves, putting their lives in peril, before Sarah realizes where her future happiness truly lies.