About the book: 2008 / Young Val Master miraculously escapes during a shipwreck in the English Channel, and when she comes to her senses, she learns that she was mistaken for the drowned Gloria Grenville. Gloria's mother-in-law has come for her - her son Larry died in the war, and she wants to take her daughter-in-law to her estate. Val, under pressure from circumstances, supports the general delusion. At the estate, she meets Larry's cousin Alec. He falls madly in love with Val and proposes to her. But then it turns out that Larry is alive…