"This is a truly special book, one that captured my heart from the very first line...THE ASTONISHING THING feels like a bit of a miracle and we all could use a miracle." --Holly Chamberlin, author of Seashell Season and Summer With My Sisters

He loved every scar on her body, every birth mark, even her bellybutton, which she thought was too small. He fell in love with every rib, collarbone and bony hip, for they were not the object of her beauty, but the battle scars of her victory.

"Every time I go to sleep, I see Ville's eyes, hear his voice. It can't be love, can it? I mean we only known each other for a few minuets. I don't know. Hopefully this feeling will go away." Skylar Wolf is an ordinary 25 year old with a messed up past. She once loved someone. He was her world, until he turned abusive. Now that "love" has haunted her every time she's tried to love someone. But when she flies to Finland for a skating contest, she meets Ville Valo, the lead singer of HIM. There's an instant connection. Will he be the one to help her overcome her past? Or will she forever be unable to love someone?