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Then. Now. Always.

Then. Now. Always.

Summary

Prepare to be whisked away to the Spanish sun in this completely absorbing page-turner

'So evocative you can practically smell the paella and sangria'
Closer

Hannah Hodges can't believe her luck when she's offered a trip to sunny Spain with her best friend and dreamy boss . . . but what's the catch?


When twenty-eight year old Hannah and her colleagues travel to Spain for a month to film a documentary, it's a dream come true. Not least because Hannah will get to spend long summer days with Theo, her (gorgeous) boss (and crush). It couldn't be a more perfect setting to fall in love . . .

If only Tom (Hannah's best friend and cameramen) and Claudette (the presenter) would stop getting in the way.

Then things become even more complicated when Nancy, Hannah's half-sister, arrives. What on earth is she doing here?

For just once in her life, can't Hannah have one perfect summer, free of any drama?


***

'Brilliant - I raced through it'
Cathy Kelly, author of Secrets of a Happy Marriage

'Beautiful life-affirming stories that whisk you away and make you fall in love'
Miranda Dickinson, author of Searching for a Silver Lining

'A lovely, absorbing novel, full of the beauty and mystery of Mojacar'
Kate Eberlen, author of Miss You

'Fresh, fun and full of sexual tension . . . a perfect spring read'
Heat

'Chick fic at its best!'
Take a Break

Reviews

  • A lovely, absorbing novel, full of the beauty and mystery of the Mojacar
    Kate Eberlen

About the author

Isabelle Broom

Isabelle Broom was born in Cambridge nine days before the 1980s began and studied Media Arts in London before joining the ranks at Heat magazine, where she remains the Book Reviews editor. Always happiest when she is off on an adventure, Isabelle now travels all over the world seeking out settings for her novels, as well as making the annual pilgrimage to her true home - the Greek island of Zakynthos. Currently based in Suffolk, where she shares a cottage with her dog Max and approximately 467 spiders, Isabelle fits her writing around a busy freelance career and tries her best not to be crushed to oblivion under her ever-growing pile of to-be-read books.
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