Meant for Each Other — Mary Burchell

Was Lindsay Varlon just an attractive scoundrel -- or Thea's best friend in a difficult world? Cousin Geraldine, the popular and beautiful actress, probably knew the answer, but she was not inclined to help her penniless young relative.

Then Stephen Dorley came on the scene, and Thea was able to see that ordinary, day-to-day niceness is better, after all, than exciting, but slightly dangerous uncertainty. Or is it?

Hero: Stephen Dorley
Heroine: Miss Althea "Thea" Pendray