One Month of You
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- CHF 11.00
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- CHF 11.00
Publisher Description
Shortlisted for The Katie Fforde Debut Romantic Novel Award 2022.
If you knew how it would end, could you find the courage to begin?
When Alec asks Jess out, she knows it won't work. He may be charming and handsome, but Jess has rules. And the first? Don't fall in love.
Jess has inherited Huntington's disease from the mother that she cares for. Falling in love would mean condemning someone to the heartbreak that she feels every day. Jess has learnt to keep everyone and everything at arm's length, but Alec is determined to break down her barriers. When she finally tells him why they have no future together, he proposes that they forget the future and live for the moment - for just one month.
But as Jess begins to fall for Alec, she knows she has to end it. It's better that he is hurt now rather than heartbroken later, isn't it?
An emotional, poignant but ultimately uplifting love story from the winner of the EHarmony Write Your Own Love Story Competition. Perfect for fans of The Man Who Didn't Call, In Five Years and PS I Love You.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Me Before You meets vintage Lurlene McDaniel in Ewart's uneven debut. Manchester, England, native Jess has recently adopted nine rules to live by, beginning with "do not fall in love." This is both to safeguard her own heart and to prevent anyone else from getting hurt; caring for her mother, who has a terminal illness that Jess worries she too will inherit, takes all the time and energy Jess can muster. A one-night stand with handsome bartender Alec provides a much needed release, but Jess is emphatic that she doesn't want a relationship. Too-good-to-be-true Alec accepts this but suggests a no-strings-attached month of dating, saying Jess deserves "all the good bits of a relationship, even if it can't last." They both have secrets that complicate the arrangement, but the biggest obstacle is Jess herself, who harshly rejects every romantic overture Alec makes. While Jess's stress and fear are understandable, the tenderness of the familial plot contrasts oddly with Jess's poor treatment of the dishy Alec. Readers are in for a bumpy ride.
