AustLit

'Can she learn to trust him and love again?

'Stella wasn't looking for love – and especially not from a younger man..

'When Stella Ryan’s successful life in Sydney crumbled, she returned flat broke – and broken hearted – to the beach-side town she'd once called home. Five years on, she’s opened a boutique and rebuilt her life in the tourist haven of Port Elliot.

'Luca Morelli has been working flat out to establish his own building company in the city and doesn't have time to be driving back and forth to the beach to do a small job in a shop that was almost destroyed in a fire. But he soon changes his mind when he meets the glamorous owner.

'Before long, Stella and Luca find that a working relationship isn't the only thing developing between them. But the closer they get, the ghosts of Stella’s past come to haunt her once more. Can she ever believe a man again? And if she can, is the much younger Luca Morelli the man she can trust with her heart?' (Publication summary)