Tangled Web

by Dawn Summers

The only way to cope with the tragic death of her husband five years ago was for Jessica Stapleton to leave her home, Woodside, and the village she’d lived in all of her young life. Now she is ready to return, sell-up and tie-up loose-ends. On advice that renovations to Woodside would improve the farm’s sell-ability, Jessica embarks on what starts off as a restoration project and turns into a labour of love. Sparks fly the instant Jessica and Cameron Forrester meet. Neither can ignore the strong physical attraction between them yet Jessica wants nothing to do with her arrogant neighbour who is too quick to make negative assumptions about her. He has his reasons for wanting to buy Woodside from her; she has her reasons for refusing.That summer Jessica re-news old friendships and is drawn back into village activities while she and Cameron can’t seem to resist each other despite a series of misunderstandings, these not helped by complications and deceitful dealings of the past which are slowly discovered. Why had Jessica rushed into a marriage with someone she didn’t love who was twice her age? Was she the money-grabbing widow Cameron first assumed? Could the two lovers survive the tangled web of deceit and deception spun long before their first meeting?

189 pages, Kindle Edition

First published June 4, 2012

Reviews

[Jennie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Believable characters with a fast moving story that keeps the reader interested to the end. There's a lot going on with some fun moments as well as intense ones as the heroine comes to terms with aspects of her past that trigger some deep emotions. Emotional scenes are well written. The reader can feel the heroine's pain as well as her joy. A lovely romantic tale.