Julian comes to Urchin Cove, a quaint little village, for a holiday. His doctor said how the fresh seaside air will be good for him. So Julian goes there -- he learns to cook, he reads, he befriends the townsfolk, he makes friends with the imps, as well. Then one day, as he walks on the beach, he finds with a washed-up man ...----This story is part of the Love Has No Boundaries event. And my, what a LOVELY story this is. It combines romance, fantasy, and adventure .. it has pirates, imps, magic ... and oh, so very well-written. Urchin Cove, for example, comes alive in these pages, and makes me want to visit this fantasy seaside town.What I love the most about this is the personal journey of Julian; which is my kind of story. Julian starts off feeling uncertain about his own self-worth. He knows that he is weak and gets sick easily. He is not like his brothers, who works to get their own money. Julian's friends are his books. Julian does get lonely especially because he knows he is slightly different -- he is attracted to men, and those books Julian read say that such behavior is a deviant.Until he comes to tend Kit (the washed-up man) back to health and falls in love with Kit. Julian grows strong and confident -- he even survives the pirates' kidnapping. Julian realizes that he IS worthy. Kit loves him. The townsfolk love him. The imps love him. Julian at the end of the story is a man who can held his head up high. And how I am proud for him.The romance is slow-built (my kind of romance too) -- though at times I feel that it's a bit too slow (I want to get to the good bits quickly *lol*). There might be that bit or martyr-dom plot (that I sometimes find annoying), when Kit tells Julian to leave for his own good. But I don't find it as an issue here because, well, I can understand Kit's point-of-view here. Julian is a city boy and he doesn't really have the skill to battle with pirates.All in all, a beautiful romance fantasy story. Definitely one of my early favorites from the event...