''With echoes of David Nicholls's One Day, this romance has just the right mix of heart-melting moments and heart-rending near misses'' GOOD HOUSEKEEPING

''Intensely romantic'' SUNDAY MIRROR

''Wonderful, heart-tugging'' PRIMA

''Timeless and moving'' HOLLY MILLER

Perfect for fans of ONE DAY and ME BEFORE YOU, this is a heartbreaking love story spanning three decades that starts and ends on a bench, by the Richard & Judy Book Club bestselling author.

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It begins at the end.

It begins on a bench, on a heath, where a woman waits for a man.

Ten years ago, they made a pact:

On this bench, on this day, they will end a love affair that’s spanned three decades, or start again.

They should never have met. They should never have fallen in love.

But they did, until a lie separated them for a lifetime.

Can they fix the mistake, forgive the lie, erase the years in-between?

Can what was lost ever truly be found?

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Readers are falling in LOVE with The Bench . . .

''I loved this book from beginning to end'' ***** Reader review

''A raw, emotional book about love in all its guises'' Sun

''I cried at the end, they were happy tears!'' ***** Reader review

''Heartbreaking'' Bell

''What an epic love story, I loved this so much'' ***** Reader review

''Irresistible'' Jemma Wayne

''Beautiful, painful, heart-breaking'' ***** Reader review

''Honest, tender'' Emma Rous

''Poignant and heart-wrenching'' Mary Chamberlain

''I absolutely loved it'' ***** Reader review

''Beautiful'' Cecilia Ekbäck

''I fell head over heels in love with it'' Fiona Mitchell

''Wonderful storytelling'' ***** Reader review

''Wonderful'' Lisa Ballantyne

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