Chapters (52)
- COVER PAGE
- DEDICATION
- PART ONE
- ONE
- TWO
- THREE
- FOUR
- FIVE
- SIX
- SEVEN
- EIGHT
- NINE
- TEN
- ELEVEN
- TWELVE
- THIRTEEN
- FOURTEEN
- FIFTEEN
- SIXTEEN
- SEVENTEEN
- EIGHTEEN
- PART TWO
- NINETEEN
- TWENTY
- TWENTY-ONE
- TWENTY-TWO
- TWENTY-THREE
- TWENTY-FOUR
- TWENTY-FIVE
- TWENTY-SIX
- TWENTY-SEVEN
- TWENTY-EIGHT
- TWENTY-NINE
- THIRTY
- THIRTY-ONE
- THIRTY-TWO
- THIRTY-THREE
- THIRTY-FOUR
- THIRTY-FIVE
- THIRTY-SIX
- THIRTY-SEVEN
- THIRTY-EIGHT
- THIRTY-NINE
- FORTY
- FORTY-ONE
- FORTY-TWO
- FORTY-THREE
- FORTY-FOUR
- FORTY-FIVE
- FORTY-SIX
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
- ABOUT THE AUTHORS
A huge thank you to our agent Benython Oldfield for your championing, good humour and intuition. You have no idea how much we appreciate all that you do. And to Sharon Galant and Thomasin Chinnery for caring about Evie from all the way on the other side of the world.
To our international publishers, we never in a million years dreamed that our stories would travel the world. Thank you for making this happen! To Chiara Priorelli from Wavesound for giving our characters a voice. And to booksellers, for finding our characters homes.
To Victoria Black, Mandy Caplan and Jess Berg for constantly answering, ‘Is this British?’
To the amazing Sharon Krum, thank you for your generous mentoring and regular literary themed pick-me-up emails.
To the very passionate Book Ninjas and Books on the Rail community, thank you for spreading bookish joy and kindness, even while we were stuck at home.
And most importantly to you, our readers. Thank you for your reviews, emails, bookstagram posts, for attending events and for recommending, gifting, borrowing and buying our books. We are so very grateful for you all.
From Ali
I wrote half this book pregnant, and the other half with a newborn. So, to say I couldn’t have done it without Michelle is an understatement. Mich, thank you for taking the lead and for making sense of my baby brain, even when I couldn’t. I’m so glad I get to spend my life making stories with you. To Cindy, my mum and superstar editor. Thanks for being the best nana and looking after Lily, I couldn’t have gotten this book done without you! To John, my dad, thanks for recommending so many old romcoms to watch, which inspired this book and made it what it is today. To my siblings, Josh and Emma, for making me laugh. And finally, thanks to my new family of three. Alex, love of my life, my biggest champion, thanks for the long walks discussing crazy plot ideas, and for being the best dad. Which brings me to baby Lily. You have made my life so much better in every way (even if I am writing this on three hours sleep). I love you.
From Michelle