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Daisy Ashdown left Briar Hollow as a grieving girl. She returns years later as a woman the entire village barely recognises. Gone is the child who somehow found trouble around every corner. In her place is a quick-witted, kind-hearted menace who fills the Ashdown Tavern with laughter and turns even the grumpiest villagers into willing accomplices. For Captain Charlie Blackwood, she’s simply his oldest friend’s younger sister. Beautiful? Undeniably. Off limits? Absolutely. At least, that’s what he keeps telling himself. As the seasons pass, admiration quietly becomes friendship, friendship slowly becomes something more, and Charlie finds himself fighting feelings he never meant to have—for the woman who’s ten years younger than him and completely oblivious to the way he looks at her. Unfortunately for Charlie, everyone else notices. Thomas, Daisy’s older brother, thinks it’s the funniest thing he’s ever seen. Cedric and Owen are only too happy to make the captain’s life miserable, while the rest of Briar Hollow settles in to watch what is becoming the village’s favourite slow-motion love story. The only person who hasn’t realised? Daisy. After all, Captain Blackwood only comes to the tavern because the food’s good… Doesn’t he?