Two stories about romance on the rocks, served with a twist of intrigue. Connections , first published in 2000, follows Fleur Stockley's fight to rebuild her life and business after her boyfriend bankrupts her company and dumps her. Her success comes at a high price as she is drawn into a world of deceit and corruption. Coulter borrows from the Montagues and the Capulets as English heiress Chauncey Fitzhugh travels to the United States to take revenge on the scoundrel who ruined her father financially but instead finds herself falling for him.