Casey had made her decision carefully

And eight months as a journalist at the Cumbria TV station confirmed that she'd been right to leave the fast pace and heartbreak of London.

Until her first encounter with handsome Jamie Oliver, the local vet. True, he'd given the horse she'd bought his approval, but it hadn't extended to the animal's new owner. He'd pegged Casey as a sophisticated career girl, just playing at country living. "I don't particularly dislike you, Miss Connolly," he'd said. "I simply detest your kind."

Casey wasn't going to let one man's prejudices spoil her newly acquired rural peace! Not when he'd already disturbed her heart...