There were two sisters – Annabelle and Audrey. Inevitably it was Annabelle who was the first to marry, leaving Audrey to wonder if life were passing her by. 

          She dreamed about a man with adventure in his soul and exotic places in his heart. The men she met in California were dull, worldly. Even in New York, they failed to spark her. Only when she took ship for Europe onboard the Mauretania did she begin to mingle with her own kind. Only when she boarded the Orient Express did she realise she was beginning a journey that would take her farther than she had ever dreamed possible…