The Painted Palace — Iris Danbury

He didn't want her Did she want him?

Pavlo's voice was accusing. You see? Selfish and self-centered. You demand your own way regardless of other people!"

Sarna almost choked with rage. Since their first meeting, she'd thought him arrogant; he thought her pig-headed.

But it took time for events to prove that Pavlo's arrogance was part of his Cretan pride and Sarna's pig-headedness was just her English independence. Would they ever understand each other?

Hero: Pavlo Kormakis
Heroine: Sarna Peverel