Forty year-old Nicola Rhys-Jones is a woman in hiding. Fleeing an abusive husband, she finds refuge in Boscastle, a village on the ruggedcoast of Cornwall, England. Andrew Stratton is an American professor of architectural theory. Shocked out of his academic bubble when hisambitious wife leaves him, he signs up for something a course in the art of stone wall-building--in Boscastle. From the moment they meet, Nicola and Andrew are attracted to each other, but at daggers drawn. Nicola, sexy yet sarcastic, is an expert at fending off men. In Andrew, she meets her 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 their defensive 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.