Blurb:

Helen and Ben parted as heartbroken 18-year-olds and went their very separate ways.

Twenty years later, mother-of-two-teenagers Helen is still in Manchester, a part-time primary teacher, stunned by the behaviour of her love-rat husband. In an old T shirt and scruffy jeans, she feels at the lowest point in her life.

And suddenly, impossibly, Ben is standing on her doorstep. Tired maybe, lonely even, but clearly still the world-famous, LA-based multi-millionaire rockstar he has become.

Can you ever go back?

For Helen and Ben, so much has happened in the years between. But just to sit in the kitchen for a while and talk – that would be nice.

Before the world comes crashing in.

Review:

I’ve read a few of Mike Gayle’s books before so I am aware of what a fantastic writer he is. The premise for A Song Of Me And You is a lovely twist on the romance genre, and I found it really intriguing so I couldn’t wait to get started and it didn’t disappoint. The writing is so emotional and sometimes funny and the way it tugged on my heartstrings pulled me in almost immediately and I couldn’t let go.

The protagonists of A Song Of Me And You are Helen and Ben, and the way Mike Gayle constructs their relationship is beautiful. I warmed to them both really easily and wanted things to work out for them. There are a lot of supporting characters, but each one plays a important role in the story and they are all brilliantly developed. Helen’s children add humour to the story and Adam often made me feel really angry, for example and I enjoyed being part of the lives of this group of people.

I don’t want to say much about the plot of A Song Of Me And You as it’s difficult to do so without spoilers, but it’s brilliantly executed and I will definitely thinking about this story and it’s characters for a long time to come.

A Song Of Me And You is available from Amazon.