title: The Chequered Silence
author: Gilbert, Jacqueline
description: What could justify her years of silence?
  
  Leah had deserted Max Calvert and her acting career for a reason that seemed valid at the time. But she'd never offered any explanation, and Max had never forgiven her.
  
  Now, five years later, he was going to direct The Chequered Silence, the new play Leah was producing.
  
  If only she could tell him why she left him, and that the play itself held the answer....
  
  Hero: Max Calvert
  Heroine: Leah Durrance