When Nancy Myers starts the first year of her New Life in the mountains with a wild leap of faith and a cordless drill in her back pocket, she discovers:
a) working stuff out as you go along tends to bite you in the arse
b) men who look good in gumboots are Dangerous*
c) it's a good idea to keep an eye out for neighbours when bathing naked in your sheep trough
*knees can be sexy. Who knew?
"Tait offers an auspicious and cute premise, a scorchingly hot romance, and a highly original setting." - The Booklife Prize
Nancy's having a hard time. Her career trajectory has flatlined, she's just been jilted for a prettier, more limber girl-woman, and her car is starting to look like an attractive housing option.
But Nancy has a secret weapon. Desperation.
Determined to make a fresh start (one that on no account features men of the falling-in-love-with variety), she purchases a rural property on a whim at the foot of a mountain range and attempts to settle into country life.
She finds the vista of the mountains healing. She also finds a tall, dark, and gumbooted stranger (who proves to be therapeutic in other ways).
But when she discovers her precious view is about to be taken away by a housing development, Nancy faces a hard choice. Should she play saboteur to protect her own happiness, even if it means losing the sexy-kneed man who just might possibly be the key to it?
Maybe her fresh start is actually a false start. Or maybe she's learning a thing or two about how to be a kick-ass, rule-bending woman.
"This is chick-lit at its best. Merren Tait has written a genuinely funny novel." – Readers' Favorite
If you like boy-next-door, annoyances-to-lovers romance, you'll love the first book in Merren Tait's award-winning Good Life series. Discover the outrageously funny The Year of the Fox today!
