Dahlia, a globe-trotting language teacher, inherits an enormous old house in Wales. She’s never had any interest in putting down roots or being a landlord. And walking in on her new tenant naked changes nothing, right? Thomas Omari loves his adopted home town and fully intends to raise a family and stay forever. Then his generous landlady dies and his girlfriend leaves him, all in the same week. Desperate to keep his student boarding house afloat, he offers to help Dahlia fix the place up. A rebound is one thing, but soon it’s like playing happy cozy domesticity and stolen kisses, quirky teenagers and the undeniable satisfaction of freshly painted window sills. One minute Dahlia’s loving it, the next she wants to do what she always does—move on before anyone expects too much of her. How do you leave when staying might be the real adventure?
Author
Amy Blythe lives in Christchurch, New Zealand, with her husband, two kids, and one enormous fluffy cat. She’s a High School English teacher by day (and sometimes night), and writes whenever she gets the chance. Jane Austen was her first love, closely followed by Marian Keyes, and rather than pick one flavour of fiction, she’s gone ahead and written both historical and contemporary novels. If you like earls and viscounts, elaborate gowns and unspoken passions, manners and morality, secrets and swordplay, then the regency romances are for you! If you prefer a more modern jaunt to Paris or London, a sexy stranger, misunderstandings and mishaps, terrible timing and tantalising near-misses, the romantic comedies are going to be more your jam. If you love to read both, well, talk about kindred spirits! It’d be a crime not to be friends! Amy would love to hear from you. A big believer in creative communities, Amy often reads at local open-mics, loves her chapter of Romance Writers of New Zealand, and used to chair the Canterbury branch of the New Zealand Society of Authors. Every school holidays, a highlight is going along to the weekly write-in she started over three years ago.
