Congrats Charlotte
on the recent release of
The One That Got Away!
The One That Got Away by Charlotte Rixon
Fiction, Contemporary Romance, 304 pages
Published August 15, 2023 by St. Martin's PressA sweeping, poignant novel spanning two decades, about first love, first heartbreak, and the ones we never forget, for listeners of Jill Santopolo, Rosie Walsh, and Colleen Hoover.
Two years together.
Twenty years apart.
One day to change their story.
2000. Benjamin’s world is turned upside down the night he meets Clara. Instinctively, he knows that they are meant for each other, but a devastating mistake on their last night at university will take their lives in very different directions.
20 years later, Clara has a high-profile job and a handsome husband. But despite the trappings of success, she isn't happy, and she knows that a piece of her heart still belongs to Benjamin, the boy she fell in love with years earlier. The boy whose life she fears she ruined.
When a bombing is reported in the city where they first met, Clara is pulled back to a place she tries not to remember and the first love she could never forget. Searching for Benjamin, Clara is forced to confront the events that tore them apart. But is it too late to put right what went wrong?
Across the miles and spanning decades, Charlotte Rixon's The One That Got Away is a sweeping, poignant story about growing up, growing apart, the people who first steal our hearts, and the surprising, winding roads that love can take us on.
My thoughts about The One That Got Away ~~
(I love to note the first lines of the books I'm reading. First lines can really grab a reader's attention and I love seeing where the author takes the reader after their first lines.)
First line—"It's a hotter day than anyone anticipated for April and he's sweating, but not just because of the heat."
This sentence, taken from the blub—story about growing up, growing apart, the people who first steal our hearts, and the surprising, winding roads that love can take us on—sums up this story perfectly. Do any of us really forget our first love and wonder what our life would be like if that relationship would've just worked out?
Clara and Benjamin are very much in love and have hopes for the perfect life together, until it all goes wrong. As they each live their separate lives, they can't forget about what they had. Twenty years later, another tragedy throws them together and are the sparks still there?
I enjoyed The One That Got Away and was totally rooting for this wonderful couple. They aren't perfect by any means but then, who is? The goal is to be happy in your life and I was hoping for the best for them. I look forward to reading more by this author.
I received an ARC of The One That Got Away from the publisher via NetGalley and this is my honest opinion.
About the author
Charlotte Rixon is the pen name of Charlotte Duckworth, USA Today-bestselling author of suspense fiction published by Quercus. Charlotte studied Classics at Leeds University and went on to gain a PGDip in Screenwriting. She worked for many years as a magazine journalist, and is a graduate of the Faber Academy 'Writing A Novel' course. You can find out more about her on her website: charlotterixon.com. ~ Amazon
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