It had been sheer fantasy

"Alex" would never forget the magic of the night she met "Sam" on a deserted beach in Vancouver.

Now the spell was broken and Alex Diamond, crime writer extraordinaire, was forced to return to her solitary existence as ordinary Mary Houseman from Prince Rupert.

When Sam Dempsey, her "Sam," arrived to take up residence as the local doctor, Mary panicked. If the secret of their one fateful night together became known, she'd never find a happy ending to her adventurous fairy tale!