A Summer Affair
A Novel
Chapter One
HE ASKS HER
Early Fall 2007
Claire Danner Crispin had never been so nervous about a lunch date in all her
life.
"What do you think he wants?" she asked Siobhan.
"He wants to shag you," Siobhan said. Then she laughed as if the idea was
preposterous and hysterical, which, indeed, it was.
Lock Dixon had called Claire at home and invited her to lunch at the yacht club.
"There's something I'd like to talk with you about," he'd said. "Are you free
Tuesday?"
Claire was taken completely by surprise. When she'd seen his name on the caller
ID, she'd nearly let it go to voice mail. "Yes. Yes, I am. Tuesday."
It was something to do with the charity, she decided. Since selling his company
in Boston and moving to Nantucket year-round, Lock Dixon had graciously agreed
to serve as the executive director of Nantucket's Children, the island's biggest
nonprofit organization. "Graciously," because Lock Dixon was so wealthy he never
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