Unexpected Lessons in Love

The thought-provoking, romantic and ultimately uplifting new novel from the SUNDAY TIMES bestselling author of Where the Light Gets in and All I Ever Wanted. 'No one tugs at the heartstrings quite like Lucy Dillon' Red magazine ***** Joni McCarthy was thirty minutes away from becoming Mrs Hicks. Then she had second thoughts. Joni and Dan met online and clicked immediately. He's an ambitious young vet; she's a musician. After a year of long-distance dating, Dan proposed and Joni, swept away, said yes. The next few months were a blur of organisation and then, suddenly, Joni was in the car with her dad en route to Longhampton town hall. About to change her name and start a whole new life . . . . . . but with the sickening feeling that what should feel entirely right is actually completely wrong. Joni grabs the chance to put a stop to the proceedings. Her dad makes a call to Dan - with devastating consequences. Now Joni's spending her wedding night in an Intensive Care Unit, watching neurologists monitor her comatose fiance. She's still wearing her wedding dress under someone's jacket. The future looks uncertain and bleak. And her conscience is gnawed by a terrible secret: this is all her fault . . . ***** Praise for Lucy Dillon: 'Bittersweet, lovely and ultimately redemptive; the kind of book that makes you want to live your own life better' Jojo Moyes 'This vibrant and uplifting novel has not only entertained me hugely, but made me change the way I look at life.' Katie Fforde 'Satisfying and clever and deeply moving' Sophie Kinsella