Since You've Been Gone

Winner of ITV Lorraines Racy Reads - Chosen By Jackie Collins From 2000 Entries Shes loved and lost-will she ever learn to open her heart again? In one tragic moment, Holly Jeffersons life as she knows it changes for ever. Now, to the external world, everythings fine - shes renovating her cottage, running her own business, Cake-and generally just getting on with it. What she feels inside is a different story - lost, alone, unsure of the future - and certain shell never love again. When she meets handsome Ciaran Argyll, son of a self-made millionaire businessman, she thinks their worlds couldnt be more different. Hes rich, confident and gets by on his looks, shes just trying to get by. However, theres more to Ciaran than the superficial world that surrounds him and he too is wrestling with his own ghosts. Will Holly find the missing ingredient that allows her to put her grief behind her-and embrace an unknown and unexpected tomorrow? Since Youve Been Gone is the heart-warming story of a twenty-something widow and her journey back to love. At times sad, other times laugh-out-loud funny, Since Youve Been Gone-will tug at and warm your heartstrings in equal measure. About the Author Since securing the top prize in a widely-publicized UK writing contest, Anouska Knight has become an international sensation with her debut novel, Since Youve Been Gone, hitting both The Bookseller and Heat-seekers bestseller lists. A former bakery owner, she has gone on to wide acclaim in her native England and now writes full-time, currently on her next novel for Harlequin. Anouska lives in Stafford-shire with husband Jim and their two young boys.