After the Rain

The thought-provoking, uplifting and romantic new novel from Sunday Times bestselling author, Lucy Dillon, about a woman whose life is turned upside down when her estranged father returns.After the storm it's time for a fresh start . . .The powerful and heart-stirring new novel by the Sunday Times bestselling author of Unexpected Lessons in Love.--------------------------First, the clouds...Tara Hunter is a therapist on a mission to restore Longhampton's community spirit after catastrophic flooding. But with her boyfriend AWOL, her family fragmented, and only a cat for company, Tara's own life is crumbling.Then the storm...On top of everything, Tara's father - last seen as he walked out on her when she was ten years old - is suddenly back, with a surprising offer that could change everything.And after the rain...Dr David Dalloway is Longhampton Wellness Centre's new star counsellor. He's charming, caring and has a knack for reading people's minds - which is the last thing Tara needs right now. Will having David and her dad around make for a bigger storm on the horizon? Or is this Tara's chance for a fresh start?

“No one tugs at the heartstrings quite like Lucy Dillon”

Beautifully written with humour and insight Katie Fforde
Heartwarming and full of hope. Lucy Dillon brings warmth to every page Sarah Morgan
Brimming with all the ingredients for the best of novels: love, community spirit, family, friendship and four-legged friends. I adored it! Milly Johnson
A wonderful, wise, hopeful novel Katy Regan
A joyous read about the power of new beginnings The Sun
A lovely story Bella
A gorgeous story of friendship and self-care Fabulous
Lucy Dillon fans will be delighted with this heart-stirring story capturing messy and wonderful lives Woman

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 , follow her on Twitter @lucy_dillon, on Instagram @lucydillonbooks or find her on Facebook at

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