I took one summer to find myself. I found him... The past year had been hard, almost unbearable. Spending time in the Spanish sunshine with ladies similar to myself was a welcome opportunity to lick my wounds after my husband left. The woman I had become was not the person I wanted to be. Under the sun, I hoped to find myself again. I wanted to learn to have fun and be free once more. A summer of decadent drinks, lively conversation and unplanned time would hopefully be the remedy to my rock bottom. I never expected to gain the attention of a man twelve years my junior. If Max Gordon was a flavor of ice cream, he would be raspberry ripple – my favorite – sweet with utter naughtiness at its core. He became an unexpected experience on my once-in-a-lifetime trip. Our relationship was fun and unexpected. He made me feel alive once more. Perhaps life was only just beginning, but my head told me a woman my age should not be fooling around with a man like him. My heart had other ideas, forcing difficult decisions to be made. Would I be able to leave my summer fling behind when it was time to go home? Author note: This book is a spicy contemporary romance and is recommended for readers aged eighteen years and over. It is book one in the Under the Sun duet. It was previously partially published as Healing Under The Sun: A reverse age gap novella

Finding out I was pregnant at the age of forty-five after a holiday fling with a man twelve years my junior came as a bit of a shock. What was even more surprising was that this man was also my soul mate. He stepped up and put our relationship first. Max and I are everything that shouldn’t work. With his boyish charm, positive attitude and loyal determination, he is a lot of what I felt I didn’t deserve. Now, here we are navigating a new life together. Within twelve months we have met, broken up, found out we were pregnant and reconciled. Our life is filled with both highs and lows, our challenges coming from the outside rather than each other. A change in the health of his aunt causes us to divert our course. At a time where external pressures become more difficult, we pack up to return to the Spanish sunshine where our love story began. But this year, we have our baby boy in tow. Jackson is the apple of his daddy’s eye. My little prince that I never knew I wanted. But with our vast difference in age and polarised life experiences, will we be able to ride the waves and create a happy family that will survive the storm?