Her olive green cargo shorts were too big for her and sat low over her hips.

Worn, red cowboy boots accentuated the delectable back curve of her knees. Most of her sun-kissed ponytail had come undone, but what was secure bounced when she reached out for a booklet of Laura Ashley colour samples. Cobwebs and crunchy brown pine needles stuck to the back of her sleeveless blue blouse. The closer he got, the better she looked, the more ideas he started to have. He moved up the aisle to the back of the store, walking towards her. She’d looked attractive bent over the front counter, but the way she stood now showed off exactly what was wrapped in the pretty package.ĭominic felt his blood flow change direction. Getting his hands dirty was something he always loved, and brother, had he been thinking about how he could get his hands dirty with the strawberry-blonde examining the rainbow rack of paint sample cards. This little basic renovation becomes a major life refurbishment for them both.īeyond nail guns and hammers, the smell of milled timber, caulking and tile grout, there was something earthy, primal about manual labour that made sweating under a coating of cement dust appealing to Dominic. What starts as a battle to be the last one standing transforms cold fury into a nuclear attraction. Whether Lesley likes it or not, Dominic steps in to work on the house flip beside her. Overnight, the single father feels obliged to her. Lesley isn’t beyond baiting too handsome, pompous Dominic, especially since he’s under the impression she’s a lesbian, but when his teenage son is injured she doesn’t hesitate to come to the boy’s aid. Now that she’s back in the town, Dominic’s afraid she’ll dredge up a little secret that will demolish his life too. And the reason the one-time quantum physicist’s animosity runs so deep? History. Poison is exactly what Dominic thinks cute little smart-assed Lesley is. Lesley’s a pro at property redevelopment and making over the old Witteveen place is pretty basic-until rats in the oven send her scrambling to Dominic’s hardware store for d-Con. Internet is a wonderful, beautiful thing! And it means that I can introduce you all to debut author Sandra Antonelli today! And can you believe it’s the fourth Tuesday of the month already?! *collapses* (I’ll add links etc when I can for you to buy it! Whee!)

A Basic Renovation by Sandra Antonelli