Where Love Lies

A poignant, thought-provoking story from the author of Dear Thing.

This subtle, beautifully crafted novel tears you apart and puts you together again.

A brilliantly original and perpetually engaging story that will resonate loud and clear with anyone who's ever been knocked sideways by love

Captivating . . . Julie Cohen has a great gift for getting to the heart of her characters and making you care about them.

Every once in a while a book emerges that stops you in your tracks. Where Love Lies is a stunning study of love and life's regrets that will leave you breathless. You have to read this book!

A tender and poignant novel, with characters that come right off the page

A gripping reading experience, where one is compelled to unravel the results. The emotional reality for each character is beautifully drawn; we feel deeply for each of the women caught in this mess. . . Vivid and psychologically convincing . . . a superb choice for summer holidays

There are no heroes or villains here, but complex people making difficult choices in an imperfect world.

Shelley Harris, author of Jubilee, a Richard & Judy bookclub selection

Julie Cohen grew up in Maine and studied English at Brown University and Cambridge University. She moved to the UK to research fairies in Victorian children’s literature at the University of Reading and this was followed by a career teaching English at secondary level. She now writes full time and is a popular speaker and teacher of creative writing. She lives with her husband and their son in Berkshire. 
 
Talk with Julie on Twitter: @julie_cohen or visit her website: www.julie-cohen.com.

‘A brilliantly original story that will resonate loud and clear with anyone who’s ever been knocked sideways by love’ HEAT 
 
When Felicity steps off the train on the way to meet her husband, she is so sure of everything. Where she is heading, what she will eat at the restaurant, the first words her husband will saywhen she arrives, their life together. 
 
Then she catches a scent of perfume in the air. Forgotten emotions rush to the surface, memoriesof another man she loved years ago. 
 
As it happens again and again, Felicity beginsto make decisions that no one can understand. What is happening to her? Is she losing a partof herself, or finding one? 
 
How can she truly know where love lies? 
 
‘Every once in a while a book stops you in your tracks . . . A stunning study of love and life’s regrets that will leave you breathless’ MIRANDA DICKINSON

Dear Thing

At the heart of this bittersweet, thought-provoking story are three friends and one impossible decision...

An exquisitely crafted novel . . . compelling, fascinating and deeply affecting . . . Julie Cohen is an expert at making you care about her characters, and feel every nuance of emotion as they do. A truly brilliant writer who kept me gripped until the end.

Both powerful and thought provoking, this wonderful book will move you to the core - and really make you think.

This bittersweet story of friendship, heartbreak and love is impressively compelling...A fascinating and emotional read that’ll have a hold over you till the end.

Emotional and captivating, this fab book will tug at your heart strings.

I LOVED Dear Thing. A fantastic level of tension and emotion.

After years of watching her best friends Ben and Claire try for a baby, Romily offered to give them the one thing they most wanted. 
 
But Romily wasn't prepared for the overwhelming feelings that have taken hold of her and which threaten to ruin her friendship with Ben and Claire – and even destroy their marriage. 
 
Now there are three friends, two mothers and only one baby, and an impossible decision to make . . .

Julie Cohen

A beautifully poignant and uplifting novel, exquisitely written and wonderfully wise.

Tears you apart and puts you together again

Gripping, intriguing, unique and gut-wrenchingly poignant . . . brilliantly original

Beautifully crafted and utterly compelling . . . reflects perfectly the ecstatic highs and thundering lows of love, friendship and family.

This moving novel will make you laugh and cry in equal measures and you won't be able to put it down

A perfect circle of a story - about being a woman and being in love, and the many steps we take on our journey of self-discovery. Julie Cohen's writing is powerful, moving and truly beautiful. I was hooked from the very first page.

Joanna Cannon, author of The Trouble with Goats and Sheep

In Falling Julie Cohen has written an immensely powerful book, poignantly capturing the lives of all three women. Absolutely compelling, impossible to put down, it will keep you reading until the very end. Highly Recommended!

Can you imagine keeping a secret so devastating, you couldn’t even tell the people you love? 
 
Honor’s secret threatens to rob her of the independence she’s guarded ferociously for eighty years. 
 
Jo’s secret could smash apart the ‘normal’ family life she’s fought so hard to build. 
 
Lydia’s could bring her love - or the loss of everything that matters to her. 
 
Grandmother, mother and daughter – three women whose lives are falling apart. But one summer’s day, a single dramatic moment will force their secrets into the open. 
 
Can they save each other from falling? 
 
Readers of Jojo Moyes, Liane Moriarty and Lisa Jewell will love this surprising, moving story.

Falling

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A beautifully poignant and uplifting novel, exquisitely written and wonderfully wise.

Tears you apart and puts you together again

Gripping, intriguing, unique and gut-wrenchingly poignant . . . brilliantly original

A beautifully poignant and uplifting novel, exquisitely written and wonderfully wise.

Tears you apart and puts you together again

Gripping, intriguing, unique and gut-wrenchingly poignant . . . brilliantly original

A beautifully poignant and uplifting novel, exquisitely written and wonderfully wise.

Tears you apart and puts you together again

Gripping, intriguing, unique and gut-wrenchingly poignant . . . brilliantly original

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