Book excerpt: SHE HAD TO PUT UP WITH HIM—HE PROVIDED THE ONLY SOLUTION Considering she didn’t like him very much, Doctor Tane van Diederijk seemed to pop up in Euphemia’s life quite a lot. But beggars couldn’t be choosers. Euphemia had been left with debts to pay and a big house she couldn’t afford to keep. Tane offered the only workable solution to her problems—he would become Euphemia’s tenant. However difficult it might be, Euphemia was going to have to grit her teeth and bear it. After all, Tane might grow on her…in time.