The Way to the Heart — Gail Everett

Young and pretty Sharon Dekalb was sworn to secrecy when she became private secretary to Rosalie Newell. Rosalie was more than a match for any man in the business world, and she wanted no outsider to learn of her intricate wheeling and dealing.

Soon Sharon was snared in a web of financial intrigue, with a fortune at stake for her boss, and Sharon's own future in jeopardy. Sharon suspected that the two men who were courting her -- one a handsome lawyer, the other a mysterious stranger -- wanted to use her to penetrate her boss's cunningly veiled plans. Dared Sharon risk betraying this woman who trusted her so much? Should she chance sacrificing love on the altar of ambition, just as Rosalie had done? Here is a thrilling romance of a girl at the crossroads, fearful of taking the wrong path marked happiness.

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Young and pretty, Sharon Dekalb has spent years nursing her ailing father. After his death she finds her life at loose ends and decides to leave her hometown for Briton Heights, a lively, expanding community. And luck is with her, for almost at once she lands an intriguing job as confidential secretary to a wealthy woman of seventy, Rosalie Newell, who is something of a recluse. The pay is good, and the surroundings luxurious.

Sharon's new boss, hot-tempered at times, is accustomed to carrying out important business deals from her study, and so is in constant need of Sharon's services as a messenger for important transactions. One errand takes Sharon to the office of Lawrence Haven, Miss Newell's lawyer. He is handsome and single, with beautifully polished manners, and immediately asks Sharon out to dinner -- an invitation which she happily accepts.

Then, by what appears to be blind chance, life catapults another attractive man into Sharon's world -- Wes Barton. He has bumped into her car, and cheerfully promises to pay for the damage he had done. When he takes her name and address, Sharon feels that she will probably never see him again.

But this proves not to be the case -- and soon she has two beaus on her mind.

Hero: Wes Barton
Heroine: Sharon Dekalb