A New England Romance — Margaret Sutherland

In this contemporary adult romance, three lives are disrupted when Martin Ainsworth, disgraced English teacher, retreats to his New England hometown of Armidale, in Australia.
Martin's plan -- a reflective spell while he pulls his life into shape -- is overturned when he accidentally meets Annie Marshall, his first love all those years ago. Now she is a wife and mother. But Annie has a secret she wants to share with Martin.
Martin is uneasy with family life and resents the arrival of his resentful teenage son.
Confused, Martin tries to escape in a sexual interlude with his attractive landlady, Sara Carmody. Sara is everything Annie is not -- cool, fashionable and financially secure. With her home, her horses and her lovable Border Collie, Sara's life is sorted … except that Sara has a secret of her own.
Torn between solving the problems of the Marshall family, Sara's stepdaughter, and Martin's teenage son, Martin has to decide between love and logic. In this moving story of romance, love and memory, three lives will never be the same.