Still Above Rubies

Timeless is the love story that is fraught with warring hearts. Here, one fights against pride and the other, prejudice. Established hotelier, Grant Farrington knows that he could no longer discount his parents' one desire - to see him plotting his future and for once - seriously pursue someone who is wife material. He knows the type of women expected to carry his name and children and the hellion of a chef, Cassandra Sturrup, was not, by far, a likely candidate for consideration. He convinced himself that it was safe to befriend her because his delight with her could not possibly have a thing to do with love or lust. Cassandra was certain that Grant's fixation of her had everything to do with him getting into her kitchen; so the smart thing for her to do is to discourage the onslaught of wayward feelings that overcame her each time she sees him. She could never have him and should not even want him. He was out of her league. Snobs married snobs or people who measured up to their standards. She knew her character was too colorful: virtue, humor and a piquant tongue held little value to the Farringtons, the small island's elite.