Jez Wild knows what she needs to do with her life. She needs to find enough people to form a band, write a shit tonne of music and get the hell out of Great Yarmouth. When she meets Jasper Yorke in the garden of a house party, she doesn't expect him to become one of those people.
Just as Jez's plan starts to come together, the rest of her life falls apart. And as years of lies unravel, she is forced to confront everything she's tried so hard to hide. Can you really run away from your past? And when you run, how do you even tell if you're heading in the right direction?
* warning: drugs, sex, alcohol, abuse, depression, self-harm (not necessarily in that order and non-graphic, mostly implied) *
Elliot's partner was his whole world, but after Allan's death, his ghost haunts Elliot's dreams. Everyone tells Elliot to move on, but he isn't sure he can.
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It's been a year since the love of Elliot's life, Allan, passed away. Everyone thinks he should have recovered after that much time, but Allan still haunts Elliot every night. He struggles to maintain relationships with his family, and despite a coworkers interest he can't summon up the courage to date. Elliot is living for the past, because to live for the present means he'll have to live with a hole in his heart. But the question Elliot has to face chases him through his monotonous days: is mourning Allan with everything he has truly living?
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