The Boat Builder's Bed by Kris Pearson

While on our conf-cation to San Diego my husband and I ate in a Kiwi bar in La Jolla.  In honor of that decent meal and the hubs' lamb burger I picked up this gem to read and review next.  (It takes place in New Zealand.)

This is the love story of Sophie and Rafe.

Rafe, recently divorced millionaire superyacht builder with a huge chip on his shoulder from his upbringing and his bitch of an ex-wife stumbles across Sophie's new design business.  She seems quite familiar to him, and that's because she used to worked for the aforementioned bitch ex-wife.

 As luck would have it he has a house which needs interior design, and he's attracted to our pretty little heroine, even though she fights it at every turn.  She isn't interested in his money, or his social standing, she just wants the financial security and positive buzz decorating his house could bring her.

Regardless he pursues her relentlessly, and eventually she gives in, I mean c'mon, he's a hottie, and he showers her with gifts and affection and seduction.

He's got secrets (and don't forget there's that jealous, bitchy social grubbing money hungry ex-wife), but so does she, her's is a whole lot bigger than his, and as is always the case, the longer you keep secrets the more they fester, and sometimes it comes to a point where there is no way to tell the secret yourself, it always happens that it comes out when you least expect it and usually is spouted out as an act of vitriol by your enemy.

Can they work past what she's hiding, can he forgive her lie?

Pick it up, read it and find out definitely worth your time!  Also, it's a standalone, so there's no angst wait for the next book in the series.

Besides an enjoyable read, I also learned some interesting things about New Zealand culture, there is whangai, the informal inter-family adoption culture among the Maori, and the social and emotional stigma it can bring.  I also learned it takes two years to finalize a divorce, that's one hell of a long time to be tied to somebody when you decide that your marriage is over.