Disillusioned and dumped, London career girl, Olivia Sinclair, hides out in the English countryside, unaware that handsome local stranger, Zachary Jordan, is a world class athlete. But Zac is hiding a devastating secret. Can Olivia win the grueling uphill battle for his respect after she has misjudged him?
A contemporay romance with an olympic theme, set in 2011 in the beautiful Cotswolds countryside.
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Excerpt
She walked away, turning to wave. He didn’t wave back. He stood motionless, and she knew he watched her, the patient black labrador beside him, until she disappeared between the trees. She shivered and quickened her stride. Would he follow her through the woods? Take a short cut and wait up ahead in the lengthening shadows? What was it that Ruth had tried to tell her? “You should know that he is...” What? She hadn’t let Ruth finish. Had Ruth been trying to warn her about something? Surely not. She had referred to Zac as a friend and Ruth was serious about who she called a friend. Still, it seemed deathly quiet among the trees in the soft light of early evening. Even the rooks had stopped squawking and wheeling overhead and had returned to their ragged nests to sulk. Muffin trotted close to her side, making no effort to pull away, her ears raised to anxious points on top of her curly head.
Book 1 of a Life Changing Love Story Trilogy
An incredible love story about the bonds of trust, passion and friendship that will forever change the lives of a fireman, the manager of a horse rescue ranch and everyone around them. A story of compas