The Perfect 10 (38 page)

It’s the tiny conversation with him that fizzes and sparkles constantly in the back of your head, about everything you see, and the need to share it all with him, and hear what he thinks. You want him to see what you see.

So I learned that love is not explosions or drama. It idles up gently, and settles down beside you, and you may not even realise until you glance around and see it sitting back, comfortable and relaxed, as if it had been there all along.

My heartfelt thanks to my Dream Team, Maxine Hitchcock and Helen Johnstone at HarperCollins.

Of course, my profound appreciation also goes to everybody at HarperCollins UK, Australia and New Zealand for all their ongoing efforts and support.

Huge thanks to Ali Gunn – a fab agent – for steering me in the right direction. And to Carole and all at Curtis Brown for their continued support.

Thanks to Lip Sync for their understanding when deadlines come around!

I am forever grateful that I have such a wonderful, supportive, gorgeous bunch of people to call my friends. This is another crazy opportunity to say thank you for letting me pillage your words, your opinions, and whole sections of your lives, and stick them in my stories without paying you for any of them! So my love and thanks go to Ken, Jules, Alice, Nat, Karen, Nix, Nim, Mands, Clare, Watson & Jase. And thanks to Karl for Clues and kites, and Killers and stuff – steady!

Thank you to my wonderful family – Mum and Dad, Amy, Laura and Jase, for their love, help and support when I get busy, and stressed, and worn down by thinking too damn much. And for looking after me during a crazy year.

Finally, thanks to Bethan, my gorgeous new distraction! Only your favourite auntie would put you in her book – now say you love me best …

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Louise Kean was born in 1974 and works as a campaign producer for the film industry in Soho. A graduate of UEA, this is her third book. She lives in Richmond, and is ‘taken’, for now at least …

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