Peter McAra is a fine writer. His prose flows crisp and clear, and his characters are real and endearing. This story is about a children's author Erin and a greenie lawyer Hamish. Erin's grandmother has left her her property in a sleepy seaside town. Erin goes to the property with the idea of working out what needs to be done in order to prepare it for sale. Erin doesn't want to sell the old cottage, but she has to because her mother needs a heart transplant and this is the only way they can pay for it. However, she hadn't bet on meeting someone like Hamish. As you'd expect on a romance, Hamish is a handsome devil, and he has a dark secret that means that Erin had best keep her desires in check. The third wheel in the relationship stakes here is Erin's ex, a rather sleazy money hungry chap who won't accept that their relationship in OVER. His persistence is creepy, and later in the book even hints of danger. He also has clients, a Japanese corporation, that want to wood-chip the area … [Read more...]