Eight Perfect Hours: A Novel Paperback – September 28, 2021 by Lia Louis

Description

Author: Louis Lia

Brand: Atria/Emily Bestler Books

Package Dimensions: 20x210x505

Number Of Pages: 336

Release Date: 28-09-2021

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“I read Eight Perfect Hours in one sitting, in four perfect hours, because I couldn’t bear to put it down without knowing the ending. Lia Louis has become a must-buy author for me.” —Jodi Picoult, #1 New York Times bestselling author

In this romantic and heartwarming novel, two strangers meet in chance circumstances during a blizzard and spend one perfect evening together, thinking they’ll never see each other again. But fate seems to have different plans. From the acclaimed author of the “swoon-worthy…rom-com” (The Washington Post) Dear Emmie Blue.

On a snowy evening in March, thirty-something Noelle Butterby is on her way back from an event at her old college when disaster strikes. With a blizzard closing off roads, she finds herself stranded, alone in her car, without food, drink, or a working charger for her phone.

All seems lost until Sam Attwood, a handsome American stranger also trapped in a nearby car, knocks on her window and offers assistance. What follows is eight perfect hours together, until morning arrives and the roads finally clear. The two strangers part, positive they’ll never see each other again but fate, it seems, has a different plan. As the two keep serendipitously bumping into one another, they begin to realize that perhaps there truly is no such thing as coincidence.

With plenty of charming twists and turns and Lia Louis’s “bold, standout voice” (Gillian McAllister, author of
The Good Sister),
Eight Perfect Hours is a gorgeously crafted novel that will make you believe in the power of fate.

Review

“Oh, what a joy this book is! Lia Louis is such a talent. It’s a beautiful, intricately woven story, so romantic and so charming. I loved Noelle immediately, with her kindness and her patience and her rescued supermarket flowers.” — Beth O’Leary, internationally bestselling author of THE ROAD TRIP

“Delightful. A gorgeous, romantic tale about fate and second chances.” — Sophie Cousens, New York Times bestselling author of THIS TIME NEXT YEAR

“The sweetest, most romantic, most heartwarming book.” — Marian Keyes, internationally bestselling author of GROWN UPS

“Eight perfect hours of escapist, romantic, life affirming bliss.”  — Gillian McAllister, internationally bestselling author of HOW TO DISAPPEAR

“Louis (
Dear Emmie Blue) fills this sweet romance with twists of fate and rich emotional considerations . . . Witty moments and a delightful supporting cast . . . Fans of clean contemporary romances will find plenty to enjoy.” ―
Publishers Weekly

A
USA Today Best Winter RomCom Read

About the Author

Lia Louis lives in the United Kingdom with her partner and three young children. Before raising a family, she worked as a freelance copywriter and proofreader. She was the 2015 winner of
Elle magazine’s annual writing competition and has been a contributor for
Bloomsbury’s Writers’ and Artists’ blog for aspiring writers. She is the author of
Somewhere Close to Happy,
Dear Emmie Blue, and
Eight Perfect Hours.

Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.

Chapter One

chapter one
To Noelle. My girl. My best friend.

Here it is. A letter from past me, to future you. God, it’s so strange writing this, knowing fifteen years from now, you’re actually going to be reading these words. The Future Noelle Butterby! I wonder where you’ll be, and who you’ll end up becoming. I suppose that’s what this is for—to write down our predictions and hopes for each other. (And you’d better have put Leo DiCaprio in my letter, Elle, and not just a date and a measly kiss goodnight either. I’m talking sweaty car scene in Titanic, with added Boyz II Men songs and less iceberg-related deaths, obviously.)

Now. On to my hopes for you, Future Noelle, and I have plenty.

Firstly, I hope you’re so busy that you almost forget to come tonight—to be there when they take the time capsule out of the ground. I hope you arrive straight off a plane from… LA, maybe? Indonesia? Oh! What about Que