This is a lovely, heartwarming story of true love and what happens when you meet the one but then lose them again. The two main characters, Sophie and Samuel, are likeable and well-developed and it has a cast of supporting characters who add colour and flavour to the story. It does have a touch of predictability about it but that doesn't stop you from enjoying it. There's some tear-jerking moments and, as you'd expect from Emma Cooper, there are a lot of laughs along the way as well.

Sophie from Wales and Samuel from Ireland are both in Washington DC for work.
Sophie,sophisticated and dressed to kill has an accident right in front of Samuel and both feel a connection with each other.
All goes well until each thinks they were betrayed by the other and they part company.

The story is told in chapters each from Samuel and Sophie's point of view. It was a good saying of knowing what was happening to each of them in different places and what they each thought of the situation they found themselves in.
We journey through the year with them as they both miss opportunities to re-connect and both try to rebuild their shattered lives.

This would make a great film. Set in Washington, Ireland and Wales and with Samuel 's wonderful caring Irish Family thrown in to the mix it would be a winner.
The main characters of Samuel and Sophie are very likeable and I was rooting for them both. Sophie's sister, Helen was lovely but had a tragic past to bear. Charlie's story was heartbreaking and I loved his friendship with Sophie.

It's not often a book makes you laugh out loud and then cry into your tea,or wine.
This story did both. Samuel's Irish parents were hilarious ( without meaning to be) and I could hear their Irish accent every time they spoke.
There is sadness in this story too. There is also acceptance and a sense of just having to get on with the hand you've been dealt.
I loved this story and the epilogue made me cry.
You will love this book too!

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What a beautiful story, so well written with interesting characters, I enjoyed every page and hope to read more from this author.

I can thoroughly recommend this book and thank you to Netgalley and Headline Publishers for giving me the opportunity to read this lovely book.

This was a beautiful love story of a couple who fate seems to keep pushing them apart even though they both want to be together. Through a series of misunderstandings they are constantly thrown further and further away from coming back together again. It’s a beautiful story and I loved it.

The story of Sophie and Samuel who meet fall in love and then lose each other and their different journeys on the path to find one another once again. Sophie is wooden almost robotic, concentrating only on her career seemingly content with her lonely existence. Then she meets a handsome 6ft 2 Irishman and life wont be the same without him. I love an author who can reach in to your very being from the words written on the page. Every emotion was touched by this beautiful story. I love Emma's quirky and unique writing style the way she describes things and gives inanimate objects, seasons and weather names. A truly touching and heartbreaking story with wonderfully written characters. Have a box of tissues handy.