No doubt about it, Verna was inhibited

She'd always kept her relationships with men light, friendly. Whenever stronger feelings threatened, her mother's biased cautions would come back to save her.

But Verna had never before met anyone like Ward Levitt--handsome and compelling. True, she was excited at the thought of meeting the father she'd thought was dead--yet it was Ward's magnetic personality that overcame her reluctance to journey to Brazil.

She kept telling herself she hated him... .