TO BREAK A BETROTHAL (Elizabeth Johns) -- VG
Kate Worthington is traveling under an alias because she is a wealthy shipping heiress traveling alone on the Orient Express. She has recently been orphaned yet must marry her betrothed (since they were children) soon after arriving in England. She wants to break the betrothal contract because she only remembers Lord Darlington as an arrogant upstart. Twelve years later, it is time to marry. While on the luxurious train, she meets a kind man and is very taken with him. He is serving in the army as a spy and cannot tell Kate he is Lord Darlington until his case is finished. When Kate learns the truth, she is upset.
DETECTIVE GRACE MEETS HER MATCH (Annette Lyon) -- VG
Grace Thompson is boarding the Orient Express and casually meets Marshall Bailey. Although she is a private investigator by profession, she is impressed with the man (over her own objections). Marshall travels under his real name but is better known by another name. She realizes that her first impressions are wrong when she learns more about him. However, she is also traveling under an assumed name. When they each allow their barriers to fall, they realize they share more than they thought.
MARRIED ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS (Nancy Campbell Allen) -- VG
A Scotland Yard detective, Vincent Brady, is on the trail of a group of Egyptian artifact thieves. Unfortunately, an American ne'er-do-well won a valuable statue in a poker game and has been apprehended by crooks who want it back. He gave it to his sister, Emily Grant. Kenyon has sent his sister a telegram to come on the Orient Express with the statue. Because of the wording in the telegram, Emily knows that her brother is in trouble. Emily meets Vincent while trying to get a ticket for the full train. He tells the ticket agent they are married so she can get on the train. This was the most interesting of the three stories but also unrealistic.
Kate Worthington is traveling under an alias because she is a wealthy shipping heiress traveling alone on the Orient Express. She has recently been orphaned yet must marry her betrothed (since they were children) soon after arriving in England. She wants to break the betrothal contract because she only remembers Lord Darlington as an arrogant upstart. Twelve years later, it is time to marry. While on the luxurious train, she meets a kind man and is very taken with him. He is serving in the army as a spy and cannot tell Kate he is Lord Darlington until his case is finished. When Kate learns the truth, she is upset.
DETECTIVE GRACE MEETS HER MATCH (Annette Lyon) -- VG
Grace Thompson is boarding the Orient Express and casually meets Marshall Bailey. Although she is a private investigator by profession, she is impressed with the man (over her own objections). Marshall travels under his real name but is better known by another name. She realizes that her first impressions are wrong when she learns more about him. However, she is also traveling under an assumed name. When they each allow their barriers to fall, they realize they share more than they thought.
MARRIED ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS (Nancy Campbell Allen) -- VG
A Scotland Yard detective, Vincent Brady, is on the trail of a group of Egyptian artifact thieves. Unfortunately, an American ne'er-do-well won a valuable statue in a poker game and has been apprehended by crooks who want it back. He gave it to his sister, Emily Grant. Kenyon has sent his sister a telegram to come on the Orient Express with the statue. Because of the wording in the telegram, Emily knows that her brother is in trouble. Emily meets Vincent while trying to get a ticket for the full train. He tells the ticket agent they are married so she can get on the train. This was the most interesting of the three stories but also unrealistic.
