On holiday in the Catalan resort of Rosas, carefree student Jack meets and falls in love with a beautiful French girl, the mysterious but enigmatic Abrielle. The swift intensity of their relationship surprises everyone – not least Jack himself. But darker forces are at play and the spectre of terrorism overshadows their dwindling days together, before their youthful affair is brought to a sudden and devastating end. Almost two decades later the couple meet again by chance while on business in Beirut. They are now very different people – Jack is a successful businessman with a troubled marriage, while Abrielle is a committed political journalist, entirely wedded – or so it seems – to her career. As they reacquaint themselves and reminisce about old times, Jack realises that old feelings are being awakened and sleeping fires rekindled. Is this their second chance, he wonders. But life is more complicated this time around and as their brief reunion comes towards its end, fate yet again threatens to intervene

Hardcover: 192 pages

Format: 216 x 135 mm