From New York Times bestselling author Mariah Stewart comes a new chapter in her celebrated Chesapeake Diaries series, featuring her signature &;rich characterization, charming setting, and a romance you&;ll never forget&; (Robyn Carr, #1 New York Times bestselling author).Architect Cassidy Logan has sworn off good-looking adventurers. Newly divorced, she&;s focused on building ecologically friendly, historically accurate homes on the Chesapeake Bay for her father&;s construction company. Traveling to Cannonball Island&;where there has been no new construction in nearly one hundred years&;Cass is sensitive to the heritage of the island, and has come up with plans so perfect she&;s determined to buy a home for herself. Even the fact that Owen Parker&;a local who she dismisses as a lightweight and a player&;seems to be everywhere isn&;t enough to deter her from building her dream house. Owen Parker is and always has been sinfully handsome and wickedly clever, a magnet for mischief as well as girls. He&;s a rolling stone, going and doing whatever appeals to him, from flying a mail plane in Alaska, to working on a cattle ranch in Australia, a shrimp boat in Louisiana, and surfing and diving in Costa Rica. When an old friend offers him a job salvaging a sunken ship on the Chesapeake Bay, Owen gladly accepts. Something&;s been telling him it was time to head home to Cannonball Island, and a job is as good an excuse as any. And he&;s totally smitten by the pretty architect on the scene, but it seems he&;s finally met a woman who&;s immune to his charms. Sooner or later, Owen will have to face the reason why he always runs, because this time, leaving just might be harder than staying. Read Less