Darling Lady by Frances Anne Bond

The men who come to know Irene Boynton never forget her, but their memories of her differ wildly.

Plain speaking, hard-headed businessman Jeffrey Lane believes her to be gentle, loving and honest. He is so enamoured he is prepared to destroy his marriage for her.

Nicholas Steyart, young, idealistic and newly arrived from Australia to spend a year studying at Oxford, finds Irene charming, intelligent and gracious. But by allowing her into his life he nearly brings about the destruction of his father's marriage and happiness.

Baron Yuri Ressovsky, a shrewd and succesful merchant banker, enjoys her wit and beauty and calls her his 'darling lady'. But it is his friend, ambitious financier Daniel Herera, who comes the closest to discovering the real Irene.