'I wouldn't stay to work for Luis Vasconcelos if he paid me a diamond a day and went down on his knees to beg.'
When Kate Ashley arrived in Vila Nova to teach English, she certainly wasn't expecting such a peculiar welcome on her fist night. She was even more upset by the rudeness of her imperious employer, Luis Vasconcelos, and wanted to leave at once. Then the little Brazilian mountain town started to work its magic and Kate decided to stay. She would just have to avoid the demanding Vasconcelos. But that proved rather difficult - especially when he seemed determined to seek her out...