April and Oliver are soul mates, the attraction between them has always been palpable. But as the years have passed this once inseparable couple have become strangers. Only after the sudden death of April's brother do their wildly different lives collide once again. Oliver, the responsible, newly engaged law student, finds himself drawn ever closer to the reckless, mystifying April - and cracks begin to appear in his carefully constructed life.

Even as Oliver attempts to rescue his childhood friend from her grief, her menacing boyfriend, and herself, it is obvious that Oliver has some secrets of his own - secrets he has never shared with anyone. April alone knows, and her reappearance derails him.

But is it April's life that is unravelling, or his own? And will their magnetic attraction for one another ever lead to happiness? Or are they better apart?

In the delicious tradition of Jane Austen... Callahan's prose is flexible enough to manoeuvre expertly between the past and present... The result is a moving story and an impressive debut

Boston Globe

Callahan's poetic style and grasp of emotion is sure to engage, sadden, and enthrall readers

Publisher's Weekly

A sensitive and emotional account of two people grappling with the complicated force of mutual attraction when it strikes the right people at the wrong time

Washington Post