From the internationally bestselling author and "prolific queen of
contemporary Irish popular fiction" (The Sunday Times), a heartwarming
novel set in Spain where the new tenants of a seaside apartment building
test the limits of marriage, money, and ambition.In a beautiful Southern
Spanish town, where the sea sparkles and orange blossoms scent the air,
the gates of a brand new apartment complex, La Joya de Andalucía, glide
open to welcome the new owners. Anna and Austen MacDonald, an Irish
couple, are preparing to enjoy their retirement to the fullest. But the
demands of family cause problems they could never have foreseen and
shake their marriage to the core. Sally-Ann Connolly Cooper, a feisty
Texan mother of two young teenagers, is reeling from her husband's
infidelity. La Joya becomes a place of solace for Sally-Ann, in more
ways than one. Eduardo Sanchez, a haughty native from Madrid, has set
out with single-minded determination to become el presidente of the
complex's management committee. But pride comes before a fall. Jutta
Sauer Perez, a sophisticated German who aspires to purchase her very own
apartment in La Joya works hard to reach her goal. Then the unthinkable
happens. As their lives entwine and friendships and enmities develop, it
becomes apparent that La Joya is not quite the haven they all expect it
to be...
