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  • Published: 7 January 2020
  • ISBN: 9781784162108
  • Imprint: Black Swan
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 416
  • RRP: $22.99

Unexpected Lessons in Love




Lucy Dillon's books make your world better. The thought-provoking, romantic and ultimately uplifting new novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Where the Light Gets in and All I Ever Wanted.

'Real, heart-breaking - I loved it.' Katie Fforde
'My heart is smashed and repaired for reading this wonderfully romantic and strong piece of fiction.' Milly Johnson
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What happens when 'I do' turns into 'I don't know'?

Jeannie always wanted to fall in love, and now she's finally got the whirlwind romance she dreamed of. Dan's gorgeous, he's a successful young vet, and he flew her to New York and proposed on Brooklyn Bridge. Jeannie has to remind herself this is actually her life. It seems too perfect, too magical, to be real. Yet it is.

But now she's on her way to the wedding she can't shake off the tight sensation crushing her chest. Is it just nerves . . . or is this all happening a bit too fast?

Jeannie has one last chance to shout, 'Stop!' But just as she grabs it, a twist of fate throws everything she knows into the air like confetti. What Jeannie learns about Dan, about her own heart, and about the power of love itself, will change her world for ever . . .

Pre-order Lucy's uplifting new novel, After the Rain, coming in spring 2022!
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Readers adore Unexpected Lessons in Love

***** 'An absolute delight . . . I enjoyed every moment.'
***** 'I couldn't put it down. Lovely story about finding love and being honest with a little twist.'
***** 'A story of family, friendship, loyalty, relationships and new beginnings. This book made me smile but also broke my heart.'

  • Published: 7 January 2020
  • ISBN: 9781784162108
  • Imprint: Black Swan
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 416
  • RRP: $22.99

About the author

Lucy Dillon

Sunday Times bestselling author Lucy Dillon grew up in Cumbria and read English at Cambridge, then read a lot of magazines as a press assistant in London, then read other people's manuscripts as a junior fiction editor. She now lives in a village outside Hereford with a Border terrier, an otterhound and her husband.

Lucy won the Romantic Novelists' Association Contemporary Romantic Novel prize in 2015 for A HUNDRED PIECES OF ME, and the Romantic Novel of the Year Award in 2010 for LOST DOGS AND LONELY HEARTS. You can find out more at www.lucydillon.co.uk, follow her on Twitter @lucy_dillon, on Instagram @lucydillonbooks or find her on Facebook at www.facebook.com/pages/LucyDillonBooks.

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Praise for Unexpected Lessons in Love

A glorious tangle of cold feet and mixed messages, Unexpected Lessons in Love is a heartwarming romantic comedy that tells us to be brave and to listen to our hearts. Suffused with Lucy's trademark warmth and gentle humour (with a splendid canine supporting cast), it's sure to win your heart. Irresistible!

Veronica Henry

'Real, heartbreaking - I loved it'

Katie Fforde

'Such a great ‘what would you do?’ book about love, truth, friendship and of course dogs. Kept me guessing all the way.'

Laura Kemp

Praise for other titles by Lucy Dillon

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Lucy Dillon's books never fail to make me happy.

Jenny Colgan

'My heart is smashed and repaired for reading this wonderfully romantic and strong piece of fiction.'

Milly Johnson

A wonderful read

Candis

Touching narrative . . . We loved it.

Women's Weekly

Lucy Dillon's books make the world a better place.

Heat

No one tugs at the heartstrings quite like Lucy Dillon

Red

Lucy Dillon's books never fail to make me happy.

Jenny Colgan

Bittersweet, lovely and ultimately redemptive; the kind of book that makes you want to live your own life better

Jojo Moyes

Satisfying and clever and deeply moving

Sophie Kinsella

I always know I’m in safe hands with a new Lucy Dillon novel and I also know that I’ll be having a big, ugly, snotty cry before I reach the final page. A perfect Sunday afternoon treat of a book.

Sarra Manning, Red Magazine

Praise for Lucy Dillon

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Prepare for your heartstrings to be tugged! Moving and ultimately satisfying.

Fabulous Magazine