After losing the career she built her life around, Flora Fraser retreats to her grandmother’s lakeside cottage in Rowan Bay for the summer.
Rowan Bay offers peace, kindness . . . and Brodie Robertson.
Brodie is infuriatingly self-assured, impossibly charming, and far too rooted in village life to fit into Flora’s temporary plans. Their first encounters spark with friction — and he always seems to be around when things go wrong.
For Flora, it can’t get worse — until she and Brodie find themselves working together. What begins as a battle of wills slowly deepens into attraction, one that becomes harder to resist with every day.
As summer unfolds, mornings spent swimming in the loch, evenings filled with laughter and long walks under starry skies, begin to heal parts of Flora she thought she’d lost. Rowan Bay feels less like a refuge — and more like home.
But Flora has always believed her stay to be temporary. And Brodie belongs here.
When the time comes for Flora to leave, both must decide whether this was simply a fleeting escape — or the beginning of something that could last beyond one perfect summer.
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This book is about Flora Fraser, a woman whose identity has always been tied to her career, suddenly facing a painful loss that leaves her unsure of who she is without it. Seeking space to regroup, she retreats to her grandmother Iris’s cottage in the peaceful village of Rowan Bay, hoping the summer will give her time to recover and quietly rethink her future.
Life in Rowan Bay, however, proves far from the quiet hiding place Flora imagined. The scenic loch, the close-knit community, and the gentle rhythm of village life slowly begin to soften her outlook. Things become even more complicated when she meets Brodie Robertson, a confident local landscaper whose grounded nature clashes with Flora’s restless ambition. Their early encounters are full of friction and teasing banter, but as circumstances bring them together more often, that tension gradually shifts into something warmer.
Alongside the slow-burn romance, the story explores family history through Iris’s touching subplot and adds humor through two mischievous parrots, Sidney and Scrumpy. Rich in atmosphere and heart, the novel offers a comforting tale about healing, community, and discovering that sometimes the place you run to for escape might just become home.
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