Isle of the Rainbows [antikvár]

CHAPTER ONE Slowly through the mist the island appeared. Penny leant on the rail, watching the rugged outline begin to take definite shz^e as the boat sped smootUy towards the calm blue waters of the Caribbean. 'There it is—^isle of towering mountains and tumbling waterfalls, isle ot rustling palms and the exotic moonflowerl' Penny turned to smile at the handsome young man who had come to stand beside her. Graham Price was one of the eight passengers aboard the Dutch banana boat on which Penny and her employer were travelling; he held the post of maths teacher at the grammar sdiool in Dominica, and was returning to the island after spending the Easter vacadon in England with his parents. He had flown out, in order to save dme. But he liked sailing and had booked his return passage by sea. 'It's exdting,' Penny murmured, although her excitement stemmed as much from the prospect of meeting Max Redfem as from that of spending the next few months of her life on this paradise isle in the West Indies. For as Penny's father and Max's mother had recently announced their engagement. Max was soon to become Penny's brother by marriage. Penny had always secretly mourned the faa of being an only child, and she was thrilled with the idea of having a brother, of becoming part of a family after having lived alone with her father for the past twelve years. For Penny had been only eight years old when her mother died. Would Max be equally thrilled? Penny wondered, for he too was an only child.