In The Company of Katherine

Katherine Rossi's life was an unceasing array of responsibilities. This forty-four year old wife, mother and nurse felt that if she spread herself any thinner, she would disappear completely. Trapped in a loveless marriage to an unsuccessful artist, her Christian conscience never allowed her to consider divorce as an option. Perhaps, she did not consider herself miserable in this existence, but the seeds of discontentment were about to sprout. On the day that Ian William Thomas, a charismatic naturalist, literally fell into her life, she had no idea how her world would change forever. The employment opportunity offered by him, although viewed with skepticism at first is accepted by Katherine because of its financial benefits. As Katherine and Ian worked with a film crew in Kenya for a month at a time, what manifested itself as anger, irritability and tension were merely the signs and symptoms of passion denied. The choice should have been clear and simple for a good Christian woman, but how could Katherine possibly choose between the only man she has ever loved and her immortal soul?