The Pieces of You and Me
‘Beautifully written and achingly honest’ – Jenny Ashcroft on The Things We Need to Say‘A gloriously romantic tale of family secrets’ – Rachael Lucas on The Many Colours of UsA powerful and uplifting second chance love story to make you laugh and cry, perfect for fans of Katie Marsh, Sheila O’Flanagan, and Amanda Prowse.They say time can heal all wounds… When Jess and Rupert parted ways, it was the end of a great love story that might have been. Now ten years later, the very different paths they have taken in life will bring them back together for a chance meeting.But with so much left unsaid about the break up neither ever recovered from and with each keeping their own devastating secrets, will they finally be able to make the fractured pieces of their love for one another whole again?
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RACHEL BURTON has been making up stories since she first learned to talk. After many false starts she finally made one up that was worth writing down.
After graduating with a degree in Classics and another in English, she didn’t really know what to do when she grew up. She has worked as a waitress, a paralegal and a yoga teacher.
She has spent most of her life between Cambridge and London but now lives in Yorkshire with her husband and three cats. The main loves of her life are The Beatles and very tall romantic heroes.
Find her on Twitter & Instagram as @bookish_yogi or search Facebook for Rachel Burton Author. She is always happy to talk books, writing, music, cats and how the weather in Yorkshire is rubbish. She is mostly dreaming of her next holiday…
‘A beautiful story of second-chance love between two perfectly imperfect characters. Rachel writes with such emotional honesty, it leaves me lost for words.’
Sarah Bennett
‘Once again Rachel Burton has blown me away with a poignant romance entwined in the battles of the real world … A down to earth and wonderfully uplifting story of love and second chances.’
Lauren North
‘Once again Rachel Burton writes a beautifully moving, poignant and wistful romance.’
Victoria Cooke
‘Achingly beautiful and tender. Rachel sublimely blends heartbreak and happiness in the pursuit of discovering “what if…?” Simply gorgeous.’
Pernille Hughes
‘Beautifully written and achingly honest’
Jenny Ashcroft on The Things We Need to Say
‘A gloriously romantic tale of family secrets’
Rachael Lucas on The Many Colours of Us
The Pieces of You and Me
BY RACHEL BURTON
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E-book Edition © February 2019 ISBN: 9780008284527
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Table of Contents
Praise for The Pieces of You and Me
Turn the Page for an Extract From The Things We Need to Say…
For everyone who has ever wondered ‘What If …?’
Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (M.E.) is a long-term (chronic), fluctuating, neurological condition that causes symptoms affecting many body systems, more commonly the nervous and immune systems. M.E. affects an estimated 250,000 people in the UK, and around 17 million people worldwide.
With so many different and fluctuating symptoms, no two people’s experience of the illness are ever quite the same. To tell Jess and Rupert’s story I have drawn on my own experience of living with M.E. for the last twenty years, along with the stories of the kind people who I have spoken to over the years (with permission).
For more information go to the Action for M.E. website – https://www.actionforme.org.uk/
It was his laugh that I recognised first. That low rumble was as familiar to me as my own, even after nearly a decade. I was at the bar talking to Gemma when I heard it. I froze, the hairs on the back of my neck standing up. I watched as recognition dawned on Gemma’s face too. As she looked towards the space behind me, her eyes widened and her perfect eyebrows arched in surprise. She put her cocktail down on the bar beside her and slipped off her stool.
