Emily Stone lives and works in Chepstow and wrote Always, in December in an old Victorian manor house with an impressive literary heritage. Her debut novel was partly inspired by the death of her mother, when Emily was seven, and wanting to write something that reflected the fact that you carry this grief into adulthood, long after you supposedly move on from the event itself.

'I think I've figured out that sometimes the best gifts in life are the ones you don't expect.'For as long as Cassie can remember, it had been the three of them: Cassie, her big brother Tom, and Tom's annoying best friend Sam.Now, Tom is sorted, Sam is flying high, and Cassie thinks she's figured it all out. Then, unexpectedly, three become two.For Cassie starting again seems unimaginable. Until she finds an envelope with her name on it, with a letter asking her to follow a trail to one last gift.And, suddenly, what seemed like an ending promises Cassie something surprising, remarkable and new... if she is brave enough to follow her heart... Follow your heart on a romantic journey from London to New York to the south of France, from the author of Always, in December.headline.co.uk(twitter logo) (instagram logo) @EmStoneWritesAlso available in ebook and audio£8.99978 1 4722 8989 6Cover images...Design...