Used book – Un visiteur à Carnelian Cove, Terry McLaughlin, Julie Vannel

It had taken only one dance and one - wonderful - dinner for Charlie to find herself hoping for much more from Jack Maguire than a professional offer: a declaration of love. Yet, initially, their meeting had been explosive: by his mere presence, Jack Maguire was about to turn the small, still wild, preserved, and warm world of Carnelian Cove upside down - so much so that Charlie, true to her nature, had told him a piece of her mind and stood up against him, fully expecting him to abandon his plans and leave. He had reacted like the infinitely charming, clever, and mischievous man he was: by extending an invitation and giving her the sweetest, most exquisite, most promising evening a man had ever given her. And now that she was falling madly in love, what was she going to do? She no longer wanted Maguire to leave Carnelian Cove - but she also couldn't imagine living every day by his side as a mere business associate. She expected more, much more. But what about him...?