Box 810, Chatswood, N.S.W., Australia 2067. All the characters in this book have no existence outside the imagination of the author and have no relation whatsoever to anyone bearing the same name or names. They are not even distantly inspired by any individual known or unknown to the author, and all the incidents are pure invention. Printed in Australia by The Book Printer. North Blackburn, Victoria 3130 If, then, true lovers have been ever cross'd, It stands as an edjct in destiny —Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream BILLIE GREEN'S college professor once told her that she was a natural writer. But her readers and editors find it hard to believe that she writes one good story after another only because she comes by them naturally. Maybe someday this devoted wife, mother of three and romance writer extraordinaire will create a heroine who is a writer. Then, possibly, we will get a hint of her trials and tribulations. Chapter One The actors are at hand: A Midsummer Night's Dream—Act V, Scene 1 What in hell is this supposed to be?" Leah, who sat on the other side of the desk, looked up from the papers she had been examining and took in Mr.
