Thy Will Be Done (a romance)

Ravenswood is mine, Katherine's dancing, triumphant eyes told the ancestral portraits. She laughed at herself. Of course, Ravenswood was hers. Had she ever had reason to doubt her grandfather's word?'Now we come back to the conditions which I mentioned earlier,' the solicitor said. 'It was his wish that his granddaughter and Mr Alexis Drew should be married to each other as soon as possible.'The perpetual, slow rhythmic ticking of the clock sounded extraordinarily loud in the unnatural stillness of the room as five pairs of eyes turned to stare at him in utter disbelief.Orphan Katherine Drew naturally expects to inherit Ravenswood, her beloved home in the country, when her grandfather dies. But there is a shock in store for her when the will is read. To claim her inheritance, she must marry Alexis, who has been left the palatial London house. As Katherine is only sixteen, very plain, and still at school, Alexis, a sophisticated, handsome, internationally renowned concert pianist, is dismayed at the prospect. Katherine overhears his hurtful views about her on their fateful wedding day, but they have to remain married for at least seven years in order to inherit their properties.As Katherine continues to live in the country and Alexis moves into the town house, it seems their paths need seldom, if ever, cross. When Katherine becomes an art student in London and then is swept up into the glamorous world of fashion, her looks are transformed, and an exciting future of her own is beckoning. A future that does not appear to have room for Alexis Drew ...