Vary Carmichael arrives at her cousin Jeff's holiday home in Brittany for what she hopes will be a relaxing week en route to Spain and Italy. But she isn't prepared for the formidable presence of stern, forceful Thorne, who also appears to be staying there. Thorne makes it clear that he does not want Vary there, yet he forbids her to leave -- and he clearly has the strength to see his threats through. Who is he? What is the nature of his mysterious work, which demands such isolation and secrecy? And why is Vary so devastatingly attracted to a man whom she doesn't trust?
Donna Thomson was born in Gosport, near Portsmouth Harbour, England, UK. Growing up during the terrifying years of the Blitz in a two-up, two-down terraced house, the youngest of four, she aspired to be a writer from an early age.
As a young woman she worked in the Civil Service and moved to Devon to be near her sailor husband. They had a son and a daughter. When the marriage ended, she and her two children moved to the Midlands, where she happily married again to her second husband. After living in the Lake District for twelve years, she finally moved back to Devon, and now lives in a village on the edge of Dartmoor. She lost her son Philip in 2008, and has two grandchildren. A keen walker and animal-lover, she now has a dog and three ginger cats to keep her busy, along with a wide range of hobbies she enjoys.
She started signing her romance novels as Donna Baker and Nicola West, now she also writes as Lilian Harry (inspired by the first names of her grandparents). Among her works are historical novels, romances and even two books giving advice on how to write short stories and novels.
Fast read ... predictable ... a good book to bring with you to those "long wait" doctor appointments as one does not have "think" while reading this romance novel.
I actually don't mind Donna Baker books - however this story was a bit out there. The love interest was such an incredible ass I didn't care how swoony his eyes were.