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Winner of the Romantic Novel of the Year Award 2022. A gorgeous love story that will restore your faith in humanity Lisa was a professional astronomer: a stargazer. And when she gazed at her husband Alex, she saw that behind his tough exterior was a man full of love.
Alex, Lisa and their young son Connor made a happy little universe. But when Lisa dies suddenly, their universe is shattered.
Then Alex meets four strangers. Two men and two women, who never met Lisa, but whose lives changed profoundly because of her. As Alex hears their stories, he begins to find his way back to love, and to hope. Perhaps, after all, the future is written in the stars...
Praise for Dani Atkins: 'A captivating story that packs an emotional punch'
Heidi Swain 'Beautifully written... A simultaneously heartbreaking and uplifting tale of love, loss and sacrifice'
Heat 'Atkins writes with immediacy and compassion'
Mail on Sunday 'Powerful. Ruthlessly honest. Hauntingly moving... Intense and emotional, I loved every moment of it'
Kate Furnivall 'A stunning, heartfelt story of fierce maternal love, sacrifice and second chances'
Alice Peterson
About the author
Dani Atkins is an award-winning novelist. Her 2013 debut Fractured (published as Then and Always in North America) has been translated into sixteen languages and has sold more than half a million copies since first publication in the UK. Dani is the author of four other bestselling novels, two of which, This Love and A Sky Full of Stars, won the Romantic Novel of the Year Award, in 2018 and 2022 respectively. Dani lives in a small village in Hertfordshire with her husband, one Siamese cat and a very soppy Border Collie.
Follow Dani on twitter @AtkinsDani
Summary
Winner of the Romantic Novel of the Year Award 2022.
A gorgeous love story that will restore your faith in humanity
Lisa was a professional astronomer: a stargazer. And when she gazed at her husband Alex, she saw that behind his tough exterior was a man full of love.
Alex, Lisa and their young son Connor made a happy little universe. But when Lisa dies suddenly, their universe is shattered.
Then Alex meets four strangers. Two men and two women, who never met Lisa, but whose lives changed profoundly because of her. As Alex hears their stories, he begins to find his way back to love, and to hope. Perhaps, after all, the future is written in the stars...
Praise for Dani Atkins:
'A captivating story that packs an emotional punch' Heidi Swain
'Beautifully written... A simultaneously heartbreaking and uplifting tale of love, loss and sacrifice' Heat
'Atkins writes with immediacy and compassion' Mail on Sunday
'Powerful. Ruthlessly honest. Hauntingly moving... Intense and emotional, I loved every moment of it' Kate Furnivall
'A stunning, heartfelt story of fierce maternal love, sacrifice and second chances' Alice Peterson
Foreword
A love story about four strangers whose lives are changed by the death of a professional stargazer. Winner of the Romantic Novel of the Year 2022.
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Dani Atkins' captivating story is a rollercoaster of a read, infused with heartbreaking tragedy and an uplifting sense of hope
