Book excerpt: City vet Maz Harwood has learned the hard way that love and work don't mix, so when an old friend asks her to look after her Devonshire practice for six months, Maz decides running away from London is her only option. She finds country life is trickier than she feared, with comatose hamsters, bowel-troubled dogs and a stubborn neighbour who's threatening to sue over an overzealous fur cut! Worse still, Otter House Veterinary Clinic needs mending as much as her broken heart. Thank goodness there's an unsuitable distraction, even if he is the competition's deliciously dashing son...