‘A party worth gatecrashing! Lisa Jewell pulls off a rare trick which even the likes of Helen Fielding and Nick Hornby couldn't quite manage. She has written a book about relationships which appeals to men and women... It's a spicy lamb kofta in a sea of bland chicken masala' Daily Mirror

Have you ever wondered what happened to your first love?

Imaging bumping into her twelve years after you last saw her and realizing you still fancy her rotten. This is what happens to dig ryan when he sees delilah again.

Now imagine you"re nadine.

You"ve been Dig"s best friend for the last fifteen years, and you"ve just realized that you"re in love with him. Delilah was your nemesis at school and it turns out she still is. When she resurfaces, you might find yourself feeling extremely jealous and start doing really childish things. Like phoning your first love, phil. Just to get your own back ...

This is a story about ex-boyfriends and ex-girlfriends and what happens when you start messing with the past.

And how sometimes what you"re looking for isn"t in the past or in the future, but right under your nose.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Chapter 15

Chapter 16

Chapter 17

Chapter 18

Chapter 19

Chapter 20

Chapter 21

Chapter 22

Chapter 23

Chapter 24

Chapter 25

Chapter 26

Chapter 27

Chapter 28

Chapter 29

Chapter 30

Chapter 31

Chapter 32

Chapter 33

Chapter 34

Chapter 35

Chapter 36

Chapter 37

Chapter 38

Chapter 39

Chapter 40

Chapter 41

Chapter 42

Chapter 43

EPILOGUE