Native Soil

<p><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>A contemporary Romance that asks questions about the way we live in the age of mass extinction - in one life do we fight for place or planet? An absorbing read about a couple torn two ways with vivid evocations of sweeping landscapes family loyalties and a dash of science.</span></p><p><br></p><p>Impetuous rich and something of a snob Olivia buys a hill farm and dedicates herself to nature recovery. A tragic accident has left her a widow at 29. No one can compare to the young husband she adored; so defiantly she vows never to remarry. Instead she will devote herself to building up the farm as a beacon of restorative agriculture. Her resolve is challenged when she is introduced to television environmentalist and man-with-a-mission Andrew a hero she has long admired but never before met in real life. Fate in the shape of land-use politics brings him to work on her farm along with his troubled teenage son. A passionate affair develops and runs its course over a moorland summer under the worried gaze of family and friends on both sides. But Andrew's mission is global Olivia's vision local; what can their happy ending look like?</p>