'With echoes of David Nicholls's One Day, this romance has just the right mix of heart-melting moments and heart-rending near misses' Good Housekeeping 'Intensely romantic' Sunday Mirror Perfect for fans of One Day and Me Before You, this is a poignant love story spanning three decades that starts and ends on a bench, by the Richard & Judy Book Club bestselling author. It begins at the end. It begins on a bench, on a heath, where a woman waits for a man. Ten years ago, they made a pact: On this bench, on this day, they will end a love affair that's spanned three decades, or start again. They should never have met. They should never have fallen in love. But they did, until a lie separated them for a lifetime. Can they fix the mistake, forgive the lie, erase the years in-between? Can what was lost ever truly be found? Readers are falling in love with The Bench . . . 'Heartbreaking' Bella 'Wonderful, heart-tugging' Prima 'Raw, emotional' Sun 'Powerful, timeless and moving' Holly Miller 'Irresistible' Jemma Wayne 'Honest, tender' Emma Rous 'Captivating' The Press and Journal 'Beautiful' Cecilia Ekback 'Poignant and heart-wrenching' Mary Chamberlain 'Wonderful' Lisa Ballantyne 'I fell head over heels in love with it' Fiona Mitchell