It's a long way from Eden, Ohio to London. Eighteen-year-old Evie leaves her hometown for the first time to come to England and follow her dream of being an actress. With fellow students Imogene and Robbie, she studies drama - and life. Her friendship with the bohemian, outrageous Robbie illuminates her new world. Together, anything is possible.

But then life, and love - in the shape of struggling rock musician Jake Albery - intervene, and everything changes.

Fifteen years later, Evie is a single mother, teaching drama and living with the eccentric Bunny in her house of artistic lodgers. Robbie's gone. And Evie is trying to forget the past and dreams they once shared.

Then and old friendship comes to haunt her - literally. And suddenly everything is possible again...

Born in Pittsburgh,Kathleen Tessaro studied drama before emigrating to London. After ten years working as an actress in films, television, and theatre, she left the profession and spent several years working for the English National Opera, while training in the evenings as a drama teacher and voice coach. During this time, she began to write seriously and produced her debut nove, Elegance, which became a bestseller in both hardback and paperback. Kethleen is married with a son and lives in North London.