Sand Castles — Kate Holmes

LOOKING FOR PEACE...
Restless despite constant world travel, award-winning news photographer Jerod Prescott had finally come home. Perhaps here, on North Carolina's Outer Banks, he could escape the war-torn memories that haunted him. More than that, he might somehow find whatever it was that would fill the gaping emptiness in his soul. Then, on a windswept beach, a shy, beautiful woman stepped into his life.

...AND FINDING LOVE
Never before had artist Alys Vincent approached a total stranger to model for her. But there was something about the sun-bronzed hunk that drew her, something that made her forget her shyness. She never expected to fall in love with him; but when she found herself in Jerod's strong arms, she dared to dream they could build something lasting -- a love more enduring than golden summer days and...