One Summer Night — Shirley Wine

Catfished and scammed by an Internet con-man, Evie Hansen is wary of trusting the handsome stranger she meets in a pub.It’s high summer, Katherine Bay is swarming with holidaymakers, and Evie, left high and dry by her internet lover, literally has nowhere to bed down for the night.Cynical and world-weary, Magnus Haultain does not believe in love at first sight, but he’s irresistibly drawn to the beautiful stranger drowning her sorrows in Murphy’s Irish Pub.As a cyber detective, when Magnus learns Evie’s been left in the lurch by an internet lover; he suspects she’s the subject of a sophisticated scam.Although reluctant, Evie accepts his offer of a bed for the night. Magnus's suspicions prove to be right, and his timely intervention prevents Evie from being bilked out of her inheritance from her father.When Magnus suggests she moves in with him, she refuses. After years spent caring for her invalid father, Evie is determined to strike out on her own and create a new life for herself.She’s nowhere near ready to give up her hard-earned freedom.Magnus, tumbling head-over-ears in love, is not about let Evie walk away without a fight.