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''The moon was speckled like a bird''s egg. It hung reliably in the blackness above Will Turnbull and Nessa Grier who sat side by side on a bench as the leaves fell around them, landing softly on the thick, wet grass. Their knees were just touching, hearts pounding hard.''

Nessa Bruce waits for her husband to come through the double doors. She''d waited for him to return home from Afghanistan for what felt like forever, and now the moment was finally here. But Jake isn''t... Jake Bruce hasn''t come home, and it looks like he never will.

Nessa''s life - and that of her daughter Poppy - is turned upside down in an instant. What has happened to the elusive man at the centre of their world? They hold onto the hope that he is still out there somewhere, alive... but as time passes by, Nessa is forced to look at her life, at the decisions she has made and the secrets she has kept. For maybe somewhere within it all lies the answer to the question she''s desperate to a

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A very modern romance, this is a sweet, witty and likeable love story. * Sunday Mirror *
You'll want to take notes so you can tame your own commitment-phobe next time. * Now *
A triumph. * Daily Mail *

The Waiting Game

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      Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
      Publication Date: 13/08/2015
      ISBN13: 9781444776553, 978-1444776553
      ISBN10: 144477655X

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      ''The moon was speckled like a bird''s egg. It hung reliably in the blackness above Will Turnbull and Nessa Grier who sat side by side on a bench as the leaves fell around them, landing softly on the thick, wet grass. Their knees were just touching, hearts pounding hard.''

      Nessa Bruce waits for her husband to come through the double doors. She''d waited for him to return home from Afghanistan for what felt like forever, and now the moment was finally here. But Jake isn''t... Jake Bruce hasn''t come home, and it looks like he never will.

      Nessa''s life - and that of her daughter Poppy - is turned upside down in an instant. What has happened to the elusive man at the centre of their world? They hold onto the hope that he is still out there somewhere, alive... but as time passes by, Nessa is forced to look at her life, at the decisions she has made and the secrets she has kept. For maybe somewhere within it all lies the answer to the question she''s desperate to a

      Trade Review
      Praise for Jessica Thompson * : *
      A very modern romance, this is a sweet, witty and likeable love story. * Sunday Mirror *
      You'll want to take notes so you can tame your own commitment-phobe next time. * Now *
      A triumph. * Daily Mail *

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