In the Pathless Wood - Brenda Holland

Jamie, a Graphic Designer working in London, meets Sarah who owns a small PR company. Over dinner they discover that his mother and her father had worked together.  Jamie is delighted  but Sarah appears to be less so.

The attraction is mutual and in spite of Sarah’s preference for a single, feminist lifestyle, they go on  holiday to Austria together having a marvellous time. Jamie is upset on their return when Sarah insists she still needs her space and hurt he grabs the chance of another job leaving Sarah to ponder her philosophy on life.