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Before I Saw You

Before I Saw You

A joyful read asking ‘can you fall in love with someone you’ve never seen?’

Summary

'A charming page-turner of a romance' Laura Jane Williams, bestselling author of Our Stop
'A heart-warming tale . . . sure to tug at your heart-strings' Woman's Own
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Alice and Alife couldn't be more different.

He's charming, talkative and outgoing. She's reserved, efficient and a workaholic.

Forced together by circumstance, they can't see each other but they can talk - and as Alfie slowly brings Alice out of her shell, they start to get to know each other better.

The connection between them feels real, but can you really fall for someone you've never seen?
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Readers are falling in love with Before I Saw You:

***** 'One of the must-reads of 2021! It is beautifully written with characters that have such great depth.'
***** 'An absolute joy and a love story about falling in love and allowing yourself to be loved.'
***** 'A funny, heart-wrenching and beautiful love story. Absolutely loved it.'

Reviews

  • A charming page-turner of a romance with characters I cared about enormously. I inhaled it!
    Laura Jane Williams, bestselling author of Our Stop

About the author

Emily Houghton

Emily Houghton is the author of BEFORE I SAW YOU. She is an Essex girl at heart but now spends most of her time between London and Suffolk. Emily worked in digital product management at Tesco and Barclays for seven years and it was during a sabbatical from work, travelling around India, that her first book was born; the first draft is still written on her phone!


After a whirlwind few months, Emily quit her corporate job to live her dream of writing full-time. A true Gemini at heart, she’s got many interests and is a trained spin and yoga teacher. She has a curiosity for life and has a passion for all things well-being, one day hoping to create her own retreat space with a lot of dogs! Her writing, whilst centering around love stories, often touches on deeper emotional themes such as self-love, healing and the power of finding yourself.
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