Maybe he'd change after the wedding

But Jan didn't really think so, and she dreaded her approaching wedding. She and Jeremy were growing further apart, while her mother kept pushing her into this fashionable, expedient marriage.

Desperate for a few days' peace, Jan had to get away. Her Aunt Jessie's house on the Cornish coast seemed just the right spot. But Aunt Jessie wasn't there!

In charge was a stranger--rough and threatening-looking. Nerves at the breaking point, Jan felt her life being forced into a new and frightening direction!