Title: The reluctant islander
Description: "Shearwater is famed for its rugged beauty, remoteness and isolation. Alice Fisher has lived there all her life but is now desperate for change - and to escape her past. For Shearwater is a place of secrets and lies, and Alice is haunted by memories of violence and murder. Novelist Patrick Fox fell for Shearwater during a summer trip. Back in London, he is suffering from writer's block. Convinced that a winter on the island will get his new book back on track, he rents a room in Alice's crumbling farmhouse. Attractive, charismatic, talented and a great listener, it seems that Patrick is about to make sure Alice's life will never be the same again. But can she protect the community and its secrets, or will her happy ending come at a dreadfull price?"--Publisher description.
Subjects: Novelists, Fiction