Adair of Starlight Peaks (Glenorchy, #4)

Jane Grey's new-found step-grandmother Esmeralda was a perfect darling, and Jane loved her dearly even before she had offered her and her family a home in the beautiful Otago district of New Zealand, where Jane and her mother could paint pictures and sell them to tourists. It also enabled Jane to lend Esmeralda a helping hand too, so she just couldn't see why Esmeralda's grim neighbour, Broderic Adair, should be so disagreeable and suspicious about her.