““He’d found Brodie hand sanding the hull of a sailboat he was in the early stages of building, using an old-fashioned hand lathe on the wood. Cooper had questioned him about it, surprised that he wasn’t building the boat up in the big boathouses on land, and using something more high-tech to get the job done. Brodie had just smiled and told him that some boats required a more personal touch and a more personal space. Cooper understood that. Some women needed the same.””
