The bend in the river

It seemed as if fate had conveniently thrown Antonia Mendyp and Pierre Valais together. Antonia was recovering from a frustrated love-affair and a succession of unsatisfactory jobs; Pierre was haunted by the death of his beautiful, talented young wife Claire. Two lonely, unhappy people, they found comfort and relief in each other's friendship. And Antonia did not let Pierre see how deeply she was falling in love with him. When eventually he proposed to her it seemed as if a shining dream had come true.
But the past was not to be forgotten so easily. Pierre's involvement with music, the world he had known with Claire, soon threatened to isolate Antonia altogether. Would she ever take Claire's place in his heart? Or would the ghost of the past destroy her new-found happiness forever.