Four young women: Michaela, Sally, Amelia and Lauren. All Australian. All destined to find that the course of real love is not smooth sailing.Four separate tales touching on a universal goal.Will career ambitions jeopardize their futures?Michaela, A gifted student of music, is offered a long-hoped-for scholarship to study in London. Can the budding love between herself and Thomas be sustained over the miles?Sally, a senior high-school student, finds that love is tested when her fiance begins his medical studies. Will their love survive?Amelia, whose career ambitions have become a dominant force in her life, finds that married life with Steven is fraught with difficulties.Lauren, young and vulnerable, finds her life undergoes a steep learning curve as she realises that there is life after a broken romance.This is a series of compelling, highly readable novellas of Sydney author Margaret Lynette Sharp, whose skill as a short story writer has been recognised by respected writing critics. This series of longer works is no less engaging.