Newly graduated in hospitality management, Stephanie Delafonte is looking forward to managing her aunt’s guest house for three weeks while Lina takes a well-earned break. The quaint English cottage in the delightful seaside village of Eden Cove will give Stephanie loads of experience in her chosen field, and help out her aunt at the same time. It will be a challenge, but she’s confident she can manage—until she gets a last-minute plea for help.

Tye Waterman is living the dream of a working holiday in the UK, close to the historical sites of Europe, and a long way from his parents in Australia. It’s time to prove to himself and others that he is ready for the responsible independent life. All is going to plan—until his appendix bursts and he is rushed into hospital for life-saving surgery. Sixteen thousand kilometers from home, suddenly independence doesn’t look so attractive.

In the past he would have objected to his mother’s interference, but with no energy or resources he is forced to accept help. She has arranged with an old pen-friend for him to recover at her seaside guest house.

But the woman who arrives to pick him up from the hospital is not his mother’s middle-aged friend. Instead, he finds himself at the mercy of an attractive young woman.