I Remember You

I Remember You
Harriet Evans

A Richard Curtis film in book form – the perfect book to curl up with on a long winter’s evening.Tess Tennant is moving away from London to the sleepy picture-perfect town where she grew up, to teach at the illustrious Langford College. She finds a cottage to share with a burnt-out city lawyer called Francesca. Around the corner is her childhood best friend Adam, who she's always loved like a brother …Rural life isn't quite how Tess remembers it. Bored, she returns to London for a big night out with Adam but it all ends in tears. Heartbroken and heartsick,Tess has to take her class on a trip to Rome to visit the classical monuments, and she's in the mood to be reckless.Rome in May is beautiful, filled with the scent of jasmine and warm sunshine, and soon Tess is being swept off her feet by a charming stranger who takes her round the city for a magical week and she soon forgets the complicated problems waiting for her at home.But when she does return to Langford,Tess finds a note from Adam saying he's leaving for a while. What happened between them when they were young? And what is the secret of his mysterious past?I Remember You is about the secrets of a town past and present, about a girl who likes to daydream and whether your first love is your true love.

I Remember You

Harriet Evans

HarperCollinsPublishers

I remember you

Heartbroken Tess Tennant is leaving London and moving back to her picture-perfect home town to take up a teaching job. It’s time for a fresh start, one with warm stone cottages, friendly locals in oak-beamed pubs and of course Adam, her childhood best friend, who never left Langford.

But something isn’t right in the town: Adam is preoccupied with a new girlfriend and the past—which Tess thought she’d put behind her—is looming large again.

So by the time she has to take her class on a trip to Rome, Tess is feeling reckless. She is swept off her feet by a mysterious stranger, and falls in love. But her magical Roman Holiday is about to turn into a nightmare…

Back in Langford, as autumn creeps towards Christmas, Adam is gone and everything has changed. Tess has to decide, once and for all, where she belongs and who she belongs with.

Rich, witty and moving, I Remember You is for anyone who likes to dream about a new life—and for anyone who still remembers their first love.

Harriet Evans is the author of three previous novels, Going Home, A Hopeless Romantic and The Love of Her Life, all of which were bestsellers. She lives in London and now writes full time, having given up her job this year to do so.

She would love to hear from you: please contact her at www.harriet-evans.com

For the Don, my wonderful dad Phil, with all my love

When my life is through, And the angels ask me to recall

The thrill of it all, Then I will tell them I remember you.

‘I Remember You’, lyrics by Johnny Mercer

Table of Contents

Cover (#uc527347d-1927-5757-a2b9-d5bf03f0af71)

Title Page (#u57925c1c-f798-58cc-a9de-3b4e3b78518d)

Extracts (#u40d9a754-beb3-594e-8000-3646f4f4b7f4)

Dedication (#uf2e94b85-5b4d-5db3-b020-f1ee688d97f3)

Epigraph (#u5cccb23c-5e36-5f0c-bbed-e188d7f0fc38)

Prologue (#uab71968a-c5b8-57a0-a97b-72a73ca9869c)

Part One (#u78bf6424-a054-5510-bcd1-5be2b762d679)

Chapter One (#u9af6f5c8-712c-5a2f-8db2-2538fd32c1a2)

Chapter Two (#u10a3fc44-4105-5cf1-9e1a-28f12e827779)

Chapter Three (#ua0607efc-d497-59fc-b5c5-3e16bde84041)

Chapter Four (#u7388b7bd-0106-50b1-8ae8-4f4571e2cb14)

Chapter Five (#u20128158-fe06-5351-bc94-5f535f0ee9d3)

Chapter Six (#uaf9acf6c-8b2f-5f75-8b16-ca310aeadcb5)

Chapter Seven (#u58ec5ea3-eeab-5c5e-9ceb-b3e40ab73f06)

Chapter Eight (#u0e35036c-17b8-52ff-86f0-138c086b378d)

Chapter Nine (#u310a888b-2d12-548d-87e6-0d4c5997155c)

Chapter Ten (#uca3dd79c-e227-5ec3-b61a-18f635382f6a)

Chapter Eleven (#ua88043c7-0778-58ad-a2e1-7ed0576f1b76)

Chapter Twelve (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Thirteen (#litres_trial_promo)

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Chapter Fourteen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Fifteen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Sixteen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Seventeen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Eighteen (#litres_trial_promo)

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Chapter Twenty (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twenty-One (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twenty-Two (#litres_trial_promo)

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