Used book – Secret Rendezvous, Joan Kilby, Dominique Truffandier

Ever since Gregory Finch hired Melissa Cummings to look after Alice, his four-year-old daughter, sunshine has entered his home and his hitherto austere life as a gentleman farmer. Not only does Melissa have a knack for beautifying a house, not only does Alice adore her for her kindness and whimsy, but Gregory himself is irresistibly drawn to the young woman's mysterious charm. A mutual attraction soon makes them passionate lovers. However, Gregory vaguely senses that the troubling Melissa is hiding something - perhaps even an entire part of her life. For, every day, he has noticed, she slips away furtively and disappears as if for some secret rendezvous. Where does she go, and above all, to see whom? Gregory first forces himself to be discreet. But one day...