Youâd never guess that Fliss Chapron doesnât have it all
All Fliss wants is to see two blue lines telling her she is pregnant with her much longed for second baby. But as the negative tests stack up, dreams of completing her perfect family feel more hopeless every day.
After years of disappointment, Flissâs husband Ben is spending more time at the office than in their marital bed, and Fliss finds herself wondering who could be responsible for their inability to conceive another child. Yet, where do you lay the blame when it comes to having a child â and can anyone really be at faultâ¦
As Ben becomes increasingly distant, Fliss begins to question whether her desire for a baby is just a sticking plaster to save her marriage. Because in the end, how well can you ever know another personâ¦even the man youâre married to?
Waiting for You is an emotional and gripping debut novel you wonât be able to put downâ¦
Waiting for You
Catherine Miller
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First published in Great Britain by HQ in 2016
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CATHERINE MILLER
When Catherine became a mum to twins, she decided her hands werenât full enough so wrote a novel with every spare moment she managed to find. By the time the twins were two, Catherine had a two-book deal with HQ Digital. There is a possibility she has aged remarkably in that time.
Catherine was an NHS physiotherapist, but for health reasons (Uveitis and Sarcoidosis) she retired early from this career. As she loved her physiotherapy job, she decided if she couldnât do that, she would pursue her writing dream. It took a few years and a couple of babies, but in 2015 she won the Katie Fforde bursary, was a finalist in the London Book Fair Write Stuff Competition and highly commended in Woman magazineâs writing competition. Soon afterwards she signed with HQ Digital. Soon after that, she collapsed in a heap and was eventually revived by chocolate.
Catherine is one eighth of the award-winning bloggers, The Romaniacs: https://theromaniacgroup.wordpress.com/
You can follow Catherine on Twitter @katylittlelady
This book has been a while in the making - from the initial idea in 2012 to managing to find the time to write when I became a new mum to twins in 2013 - so I have lots of people to thank. Firstly my husband, Dan. You are a great dad and a wonderfully supportive husband and I probably donât tell you that often enough so please take this statement and frame it. Our gorgeous daughters, Eden and Amber, you make every day special and Iâm truly blessed that you are mine. Iâve dedicated this book to you both as not only do I love you tremendously, you have also gifted me the ability to never procrastinate. To all my family and friends for their patience and support with special mentions to: Monana, Great, Uncle B, Paul, Wendy, Kat, Chrissie, Barbara and Pat â the last couple of years would have been a lot harder/impossible without your help.
I owe a lot of thanks to the Romantic Novelistsâ Associationâs New Writersâ Scheme. Without the guidance and support Iâve received over the past five years, I wouldnât have made it to graduation. A special thanks to my very encouraging reader for the past two years â you know who you are. And along with those anonymous readers, I also need to thank some of the people who have been writing mentors to me over the past several years: Sue Moorcroft, Katie Fforde, Amanda Jennings, Penny Legg, Simon Whaley and Rowan Coleman. I think every writer Iâve met has assisted me along the way so a big thank you to all my writing friends, especially the HQ Digital crew.
For powering me through the past few years I would like to thank The AWESOME Romaniacs: Laura E James, Sue Fortin, Vanessa Savage, Celia J Anderson, Lucie Wheeler, Debbie Fuller-White and Jan Brigden. Without your daily input, honks and all round sparkle my life would be incomplete.
For help with research I need to thank Rob Goodwin of Champagne Film for patiently answering my questions.