The Way We Are Now

First love, long-hidden secrets and second chances.Anna Piasecki thought she had left her university heartbreak behind.After spending decades building a successful life, she arrives at sixtywith everything as she wants it - a glittering career, a devoted partnerand brightest star of all, her brilliant son Noah, the apple of her eye.Theo Mandeville is trapped. Bound by aristocratic duty to his sprawlingYorkshire estate, he has spent decades living the life that was expectedof him while regretting the star-crossed romance he walked away from.When their children meet at college, Anna and Theo suddenly find theircarefully constructed lives colliding. With a devastating forty-year-oldsecret hanging over them, can their families survive the truth and dothey dare to trust that fate has other plans for them?Readers love Julie Houston:⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ’Sometimes a book just grabs you and takes you along for theride and this did that, it was a book I just needed to read it made mefeel joyful, I laughed so much, it was also heartwarming and a story ofsecond chances. A book that would definitely get you out of a readingslump.’⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ’An absolute roller coaster emotional ride. Ms Houston is amaster in crafting well-drawn, complex characters. The familyrelationships and situations really resonate. In turns, laugh-out-loudfunny, heart-wrenching, and warm.’⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ’Great story telling, wonderful characters and warm humour. Iabsolutely love Julie’s books, I’ve read every single one and I’veadored them all. I couldn’t put it down.’