You Can't Fight A Royal Attraction (2013) - Plot & Excerpts
It certainly was no cottage, yet you couldn’t call it a proper bungalow. He drove down an enchanting winding road which gave glimpses of sea on every outward curve. Fishermen sitting by their boats. Waves tossing restlessly. Ahead of them, the tall coconut and betel nut trees loomed and then the clumps gave way to open ground and a brick edifice. Clean modern lines, yet walls overgrown with bougainvillea. Quaint stone cherubs on the gateposts flanking the entrance to a short formal driveway. Surrounded by shrubbery and palms, the house looked part of the land itself. Except for the eyesore of a cemented portion jutting to the side. ‘The builders were taking too long so I sent them off,’ he explained in response to her wrinkling nose. It looked, she decided, like a cake beautifully iced but left part-way. The inside was as surprising. The riotously flowering garden hadn’t prepared her for the sleek panelled hallway and the plush furnishing of the sitting area it led to. Camel colour leather which she could tell was butter-soft just by looking.
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