This was a reasonable holiday read about a woman, Nell Chantry, whose husband Jamie has mysteriously disappeared, but who comes across him again in dramatic circumstances after she goes to live in a cottage on the coast of Cornwall (which was the interest point for me in choosing to read it while on holiday in Penzance). The characters I found to be rather unbelievable stereotypes for the most part. After the main plotline had played itself out, the last quarter of the novel concerned Nell's growing will - they - won't - they relationship with Theo, a handsome local gardener who is the very antithesis of her husband. Aside from the lovely setting not my usual reading choice. ( )