That Night at the Villa — Sheila Bishop

In each life there is a time when one stands at a crossroads and faces the agonizing decision of which road to take. Such a time had come for Polly Oliver many years before, and her decision, based on a paradoxical mixture of false values and a rather touching innocence, might even now destroy the calm pattern of her life.

Such a crossroads had once confronted Timothy Carr too, and his own decision at the time had influenced Polly's. Now they must both reap the fruit of the seeds they had unwittingly planted together so long ago -- the bitter fruit that grew from a doomed love affair and an old scandal...