Decree Absolute shattered and changed Realtor mogul Tony Thompson's world forever. In picking up the emotional pieces, the charismatic Doctor Chelsea Martin and a Caribbean cruise seemed the perfect antidote. Both single and free, the one thousand miles between them were a force to be reckoned with - two worlds collided. Florida's sunshine, Spanish moss and Southern hospitalitycontrasted New England's snow, sleet and slush - Big city living challenged small, town USA. Could opposites survive? While Tony thought so, Chelsea willed it to be and where there's a will...there is a way. Friendship, love, health, happiness were all understood - personal commitments were fully tested. Soon, through different eyes, three unexpected, terrifying, life altering eventschallenge their resilience - separately, their lives become painfully clear. Tony realized it. Chelsea accepted it. Destiny prevails as two worlds find their common thread.



Peter L. Harding, an Australian, lives in Florida with his American wife Lynne. The experienced worldwide traveler has lived and worked in five countries - his native Australia - New Zealand, Canada, Great Britain (London) to his current home, since 1995, in America. His childhood years were spent in a home for unwanted children where he was raised before being sent alone into an unknown world at the age of sixteen. That world became his educational playground. From a former car park jockey in England to on-air radio disc-jockey in Canada, and successful broadcast industry executive in Australia, his passion for music became his chosen career path. Holding top managerial positions in both printmedia (newspapers) and the record industry (RCA Ltd), travel formed a huge part of his life including, even, tour guide out of Australia, traveling extensively by bus, through Europe. Every day, still, is as exciting as yesterday!