Frances Liardet

James Acton has come to the village of Upton to begin again. As his grief over the death of his wife eases, he hopes to find new purpose as the vicar of this small, Hampshire parish, still emerging from the long shadow of the war. James's own war was in the Western Desert, where he fell in love, first with the thrill of being a hurricane pilot adn then with Yvette Haddad, the captivating, enigmatic young Alexandrian with a penchant for dangerous driving....