Rough Trade

Before she could finish the sentence he caught her by the arm, twisted her round to face him and kissed her full on the mouth, his other hand clamping around her cheek. He pressed his lips down on hers and plunged his tongue into the warm wetness beyond . . .

When Clare Markham hires a firm of builders to build an extension to her house, she finds herself increasingly - and it seems mutually - attr...