<p>Alice Rothmann has been content with her quiet ordinary life in Oxford with her quiet ordinary husband. But when he dies suddenly she finds herself adrift and lonely and before she knows it she's deeply attracted to her neighbour George Graham. </p><p>There's only one hitch: George is married to Alice's best friend...</p><p>[Note to readers: While this is a standalone companion novella to <em>The War in Our Hearts</em> this work does contain a major spoiler for<em> The War in Our Hearts</em>.]</p>