From New York Times bestselling author Mariah Stewart comes a new
chapter in her celebrated Chesapeake Diaries series, featuring her
signature "rich characterization, charming setting, and a romance you'll
never forget" (Robyn Carr, #1 New York Times bestselling author).
Architect Cassidy Logan has sworn off good-looking adventurers. Newly
divorced, she's focused on building ecologically friendly, historically
accurate homes on the Chesapeake Bay for her father's construction
company. Traveling to Cannonball Island--where there has been no new
construction in nearly one hundred years--Cass is sensitive to the
heritage of the island, and has come up with plans so perfect she's
determined to buy a home for herself. Even the fact that Owen Parker--a
local who she dismisses as a lightweight and a player--seems to be
everywhere isn't enough to deter her from building her dream house.
Owen Parker is and always has been sinfully handsome and wickedly
clever, a magnet for mischief as well as girls. He's a rolling stone,
going and doing whatever appeals to him, from flying a mail plane in
Alaska, to working on a cattle ranch in Australia, a shrimp boat in
Louisiana, and surfing and diving in Costa Rica. When an old friend
offers him a job salvaging a sunken ship on the Chesapeake Bay, Owen
gladly accepts. Something has been telling him it was time to head home
to Cannonball Island, and a job is as good an excuse as any. And he's
totally smitten by the pretty architect on the scene, but it seems he's
finally met a woman who's immune to his charms. Sooner or later, Owen
will have to face the reason why he always runs, because this time,
leaving just might be harder than staying.
