Lookout Boy

How far would a young boy go to save his mother from heartbreak? When her controlling husband s body is found in the Thames, Joss returns to her Cornish roots with 12-year-old Ollie, hoping time and change will heal them both. Her confidence increases as she keeps her parents guesthouse business afloat, despite the attentions of a local land agent with designs on their handsome property. But Joss has a blind spot: her son. Traumatised by the circumstances of his father s death, Ollie has appointed himself her guardian. Unknown to Joss, he has secretly begun to neutralise any perceived threat to her well-being. Then Cal McCalvey enters their world. Yacht restorer, lifeboat volunteer, neglectful parent, McCalvey s presence enriches but disrupts their lives. Ollie rediscovers joy aboard his exquisite sloop Kara, while an unlikely friendship between Joss and McCalvey evolves into covert romance. But McCalvey s past is about to catch up with him. In nightmares, he is haunted by the memory of a locked room, a woman s soft voice, and a child he needs to save. As his suspicions about McCalvey grow, Ollie determines to save his mother from another destructive relationship whatever the cost.