When Vanessa Walsh promises her editor, Teddi, that she will not become involved with the man to be interviewed fo the bachelor-of-the-month magazine column she is writing, she has not yet met handsome, charismatic bachelor Barret Madison. Recently betrayed in love, Vanessa welcomes the chance to get away from New York, and she anticipates no problem in keeping her vow.

Determinged to be coldly professional, she journeys to the wilderness park Barret is desperately trying to save from desctruction. Soon, however, she finds herself not only falling in love with the park and with the man’s rugged lifestyle, but also with Barret Madison himself. Haunted by her promise, Vanessa desperately tries to deny her feelings. Breaking her word would be bad enough if Teddi were only her editor, but for Vanessa the situation is much worse; Teddi is also her mother!

Gail MacMillan has always wanted to be a writer. She was 30 years old when her first book, Forest of Fear, was published for Avalon in 1974. Since then she has gone on to write three novels for Avalon, a variety of articles and stories for magazines in Canada and the United States, and two books on her favorite dog, the Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever. For a 1992 article on this breed, Gail was awarded a Maxwell Medal in New York by the Dog Writers' Association of America for the best article in a canine magazine or newspaper.

Gail's other interests include reading, horses, and canoeing. She currently lives in Bathurst, New Brunswick with her husband, Ron, and two dogs, a Sheltie mix and, of course, a Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever.

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