P Bel-Currie

The Pepper Pot P Bel-Currie

Brooklyn born Michael O'Brien is contacted out of the blue by a young woman, Diana, who claims she is his illegitimate daughter. When she reveals that her mother is a former English flight attendant, Anna Trelevan, the sluice gates to his past are thrown open and a flood of suppressed emotions rise to the surface. That inexplicable phenomenon, chemistry, handed out willy-nilly by Nature with no regard for cultural or social backgrounds, has transcended time-and there is no antidote. Lillian Trevelan, a paragon of virtue in her daughter's eyes, confesses that she too had an illicit love affair with an American Ranger during WW11 and begs Anna not to settle for a passionless marriage. For her, a few stolen moments at the 25th reunion of D-Day had to suffice-young love it isn't, but it's a love which has stood the test of time. During their daughter's wedding in England, Anna and Michael have a chance encounter on the cliff-tops at the storm tower, The Pepper Pot, but once again their timing is off. Anna is dismayed when she sets eyes on the woman for whom Michael has finally quit his loveless marriage. The exotic Joyce is the consummate business partner and lover. Sean O'Brien has come to the conclusion that it is possible to love two women, but in very different ways. Decades later, a quirk of fate draws him back to the sea-side town of St. Ledoc where he seeks out the wanton Holly, the Land Army girl with whom he had a passionate love affair-but he is in for a reality check. Some stones are best left unturned. All the while, The Pepper Pot keeps its lonely vigil on the cliff-tops.