'A House in the Hills' is set in Spain, and is a story about Ted and alady called Ross who meet accidently outside a shop. Ted is a retiredvice-president of a building company, and befriends Ross who is inSpain to escape from her abusive husband. He helps her to renovatethe 'finca' she has bought, and during the time they work together,they realise that they are getting romantically close. Her trust in himis shown when she confesses her horrific past.Within the book, Ross tells Ted about her life with her abusivehusband. The story she relates is actually a true story, and was told tothe author when he was doing volunteer work at a hostel for abusedladies. The names have obviously been changed, as are the placesmentioned. The final outcome though, is pure fiction. The person whotold the author of that part of her life had given her permission for himto use it as part of a story.John Sumner is in his seventies, and a retired Baker and TechnicalCollege Lecturer. He currently lives part of the year in Spain, where hetook up writing as a hobby. 'A House in the Hills' is his first book to bepublished, and could be followed by the sequel, 'Ted's Return'. He hascompleted four books with another in the pipeline, all of which maybe published at a later date.