It began with two horrifying deaths. To the inhabitants of a remote Scottish island it seems there's a violent madman in their midst... a dark, hooded figure waiting in the shadows for his next victim. Then a sudden blizzard cuts them off totally from the mainland. And three more people die . . . As panic rises, desperate attempts are made to trap a multiple murderer. But is the mysterious killer even human?

For Tom Roxham and Fay Rossiter, the problems of a relationship across the social divide in pre-war England pale in significance against the terrible pressures that threaten not only their love, but their very lives as the country goes war with Germany. Set against a background of increasingly disturbing events in Europe, a society frenziedly partying as it suddenly realizes it is living on the edge, and fierce resistance from Fay's wealthy family and friends, the couple's relationship is tested. Can it survive the war?

This title is set in 1944. Mary Rice is a young academic at Cambridge University and Bill Anderson, an American fighter pilot, is stationed in East Anglia. Ordered to rest, he chances upon Mary in the library of her college and their attraction is instantaneous - and life changing. The urgency of the war leads to days and nights of tenderness and passion that neither thought possible, ending all too soon when Bill has to return to his squadron. Fearing for his safety, Mary's nightmare comes true when Bill is shot down. Although classified as missing and presumed dead, she refuses to believe he is gone forever. As the war ends Mary's search for her kindred spirit begins...