Building a new life beside magnificent Teal Lake should have been easy. After all Shona McGuire wasn’t asking for much. A return to the ordinary life she once despised, security for her son, and a man that could return her love.

But is the ruthless, workaholic, Blake Coleman capable of being that man? He has left it all behind to join her in paradise. All behind apart from his corporate life and his half-truths. When tragedy tears Blake’s world apart and a stranger arrives at the lake, Shona finds it is more than an ocean that separates their very different worlds.

The “Cost of Caviar” picks up the story of Shona McGuire and Blake Coleman that began in the novel “Crumbs to Caviar.” It is the story of the love between a man and a woman and a parent and a child. It portrays the raw emotion that could lead to love or to an obsession that could end a life.

The author of this book resides in New Zealand. If you are a reader from the United States, the spelling of some words may differ slightly from what is familiar to you. A glossary at the back of the book provides insight in to the New Zealand terms.