Water, Stone, Heart: A Novel

Forty year-old Nicola Rhys-Jones is a woman in hiding. Fleeing anabusive husband, she finds refuge in Boscastle, a village on the ruggedcoast of Cornwall, England. Andrew Stratton is an American professor ofarchitectural theory. Shocked out of his academic bubble when hisambitious wife leaves him, he signs up for something tangible: a coursein the art of stone wall-building--in Boscastle.From the moment they meet, Nicola and Andrew are attracted to eachother, but at daggers drawn. Nicola, sexy yet sarcastic, is an expert at fending off men. In Andrew, she meets her match: quick-witted, funny,yet gentle--he gives as good as he gets. When a nine year-old spritenamed "Lee" befriends them both, she sees straight through theirdefensive armor.What none of them know is that a ferocious storm is brewing, onethat could destroy them, and the entire village they call home. And that storm is about to hit.