Synopsis
"That Summer in Cornwall" is a contemporary, stand-alone sequel to Ciji Ware’s bestselling “time-slip” novel "A Cottage by the Sea."
A different latitude…a different world…
Meredith Champlin unexpectedly finds herself the legal guardian of a child she’s never met: Janet Barton Stowe, an unruly eleven-year-old “Beverly Hills brat,” whose mother – Meredith’s cousin-- has died in a private plane crash.
At the urging of the child’s Anglo-American aunt, Lady Blythe Barton-Teague, Meredith and her Welsh Corgi decamp from Wyoming to spend the summer at Barton Hall, a shabby-chic castle perched on the remote cliffs of Cornwall, England.
Taming the wild child proves a handful, but Meredith’s summer escape gets even more complicated when former British Army Lieutenant Sebastian Pryce, veteran of a bomb-sniffing K-9 squad in Afghanistan, proposes they establish the Barton Hall Canine Obedience Academy and that she join him on the Cornwall Search and Rescue Team. She wonders whether their instant attraction is an unexpected blessing or the prelude to another heartbreak like the one she left behind in the Rocky Mountains.
Even with an assist from a novice search dog named T-Rex, the odds seem long that three months in the land of Meredith’s Cornish ancestors can transform her troubled ward into a happier child, heal the wounds suffered by her soldier-turned-rescuer, and save the Barton-Teague estate from pending insolvency.
As a friend of Meredith’s confides, “It all sounds like a stretch, but we never rule out miracles.”
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What critics say about this New York Times & USA Today bestselling author:
Ciji Ware's award-winning storytelling "should come with a warning -- Do not start unless you want to be up all night!" -- ROMANTIC TIMES
“Ware again proves she can intertwine fact and fiction to create an entertaining and harmonious whole.” – PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
“A mesmerizing blend of sizzling romance, love and honor… Ciji Ware writes an unforgettable tale.” – THE BURTON REVIEW
BONUS: This edition includes a Readers Discussion Guide
About Ciji Ware
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1) CIJI WARE is a multi-published, New York
Times and USA Today bestselling author of both historical and contemporary
fiction. A former broadcaster for KABC and PBS/KCET in Los Angeles and a
graduate from Harvard in history, she has won the Dorothy Parker Award of Excellence,
several top awards for fiction from Romantic Times magazine, and was
short-listed for the WILLA (Cather) Literary Award in 2012. She lives in the
San Francisco Bay Area and, when not writing, has chaired a local historic
Preservation Society dedicated to maintaining and enhancing the built
environment. A passionate dog lover, THAT SUMMER IN CORNWALL--featuring the
world of K9 search and rescue work--is her first, full contemporary work following a series of highly popular and well-reviewed
historical and "time-slip" novels. Readers can view a complete list of Wares books and contact her
at www.cijiware.com
Published December 24, 2013
by Lion's Paw Publishing / Life Events Media LLC.
381 pages
Genres:
Romance, Literature & Fiction.
Non-fiction