Marnie Salter comes to the lovely little village of Windy Bay to run the Little School, which doesn’t have to follow the National Curriculum but does have to answer to Chairman of the Governors and Lord of the Manor and all round power house, Toby Druett. He has strong ideas about what a school should be, which is fine by her because she left her previous school after blowing the whistle on them for dubious practices.
People there couldn’t wait to get rid of her and her fiance dumped her because of her actions, so she’s in desperate need of friends and a place to call home. She finds both in the little Dorset village by the sea where time runs more slowly, people are kind and there’s always fresh cake tempting you to eat it, but it it isn’t all plain sailing.
Her past doesn’t seem to want to let her go and her attraction to handsome builder Paul Hallowell is spoilt by wondering what his relationship is with the enigmatic architect Eleanor Lawe… Can she find a future and a home and work out what she wants from her life and relationships?
Genre: Romance
People there couldn’t wait to get rid of her and her fiance dumped her because of her actions, so she’s in desperate need of friends and a place to call home. She finds both in the little Dorset village by the sea where time runs more slowly, people are kind and there’s always fresh cake tempting you to eat it, but it it isn’t all plain sailing.
Her past doesn’t seem to want to let her go and her attraction to handsome builder Paul Hallowell is spoilt by wondering what his relationship is with the enigmatic architect Eleanor Lawe… Can she find a future and a home and work out what she wants from her life and relationships?
Genre: Romance
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