The Love of My Life

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* The New York Times top ten bestseller * I have held you every night for ten years and I didn't even know your name. We have a child together. A dog, a house. Who are you Emma loves her husband Leo and their young daughter Ruby: she'd do anything for them. But almost everything she's told them about herself is a lie. And she might just have got away with it, if it weren't for her husband's job. Leo is an obituary writer and Emma is a well-known marine biologist, so, when she suffers a serious illness, Leo copes by doing what he knows best - reading and writing about her life. But as he starts to unravel her past, he discovers the woman he loves doesn't really exist. Even her name is fictitious. When the very darkest moments of Emma's past life finally emerge, she must somehow prove to Leo that she really is the woman he always thought she was . . . But first, she must tell him about the love of her other life. From Rosie Walsh, the bestselling author of The Man Who Didn't Call, The Love of My Life is a story about what happens when you discover the person you trust most in the world isn't who they say they are . . .

Reviews

The Love of My Life is a dazzling supernova of a book, which picks you up on line one and doesn't let you go until the very end. Each chapter is filled with heart-breaking twists and revelations, and it's brimming with human warmth and intelligence -- Lisa Jewell
Expect tears, twists, and a serious book hangover once you've finished * Red *
Rosie Walsh is the master of "just one more chapter". We read this in one sitting, unable to put it down. Just brilliant * Closer *
With a twisty mystery woven around a love story of gut-wrenching power, this captivating novel delivers on every level -- Isabelle Broom * Heat *
[A] winning combination of big emotions and didn't-see-that-coming twist * Good Housekeeping *
Fabulous! Unexpected, gripping and surprisingly heart wrenching. I couldnt put it down -- Jane Fallon
An absolute triumph -- Jill Mansell
Another hit for this talented writer * Woman & Home *
Heart-wrenching, beautiful and thought-provoking; it made me cry, smile and hug my own loved ones a little tighter -- Beth O'Leary, author of The Flatshare
This is the story of the secrets within a marriage, told with real insight and compassion. The writing is vivid and tender, the plot so skilfully constructed, I couldn't turn the pages fast enough and the characters have stayed with me, long after reaching the end -- Lucy Diamond
[A] compelling, painful romance, with the page-turning plot of a psychological thriller . . . Stunning * Daily Mail *

Brilliantly plotted and beautifully written, what really elevates Rosie Walsh's book above the competition is the characters. Contradictory, flawed and entirely human, I loved and rooted for them like real people

-- Kate Riordan, author of The Heatwave
Nobody marries suspense and tenderness quite like Rosie Walsh. Formidably complex and fiendishly clever, The Love of My Life takes the emotional thriller to a whole new level. Both haunting and gripping, its a novel as full of twists as it is heart, a gorgeously smart exploration of memory, mystery, and the devotion we show to the people we love. A breathtaking novel from a superbly talented author -- Emma Stonex, author of The Lamplighters
The Love of my Life is an extraordinary novel. Rosie Walsh combines the emotional punch of the best of romance with the page-turning twists of the most masterful thrillers. I was torn between pausing to weep, and ploughing on to solve the mysteries -- Clare Pooley, author of The Authenticity Project
The Love of My Life is a poignant love story, a propulsive mystery and a cautionary tale about the secrets we keep. I couldn't put it down -- Greer Hendricks, author of The Wife Between Us
Walsh's hugely compelling The Love of My Life instantly pulls you deep into the interior of a marriage. Part thriller, part mystery, part heart-wrenching love story, this is a treasure for book clubs everywhere -- Ashley Audrain, author of The Push

A gorgeous, deeply satisfying novel. Deliciously written, big-hearted, and gripping with some blinding twists! this novel has all the feels, and then some. I absolutely loved it

-- Eve Chase, author of The Glass House
Perfection. Every word. Every moment. Every emotion. Brave, heart-breaking, and hopeful. A breathtaking story -- Lucy Clarke, author of The Castaways
Even more addictive than The Man Who Didn't Call. Another winner -- Joanna Nadin, author of The Double Life of Daisy Hemmings
I adored this full bodied mystery: love, loss and the clues hidden in all of our pasts. I was completely gripped -- Gillian McAllister
The Love of My Life is a rare book indeed, as heartbreaking as it is life-affirming, and as gripping as any thriller . . . I loved it -- Emylia Hall, author of The Thousand Lights Hotel
Ive just finished this new masterpiece by Rosie Walsh and feel like I cant really catch my breath. What writing, and what a complicated, beautiful story -- Lucy Vine, author of Bad Choices
My favourite kind of thriller -- gripping, heartbreaking and impossible to put down -- Laura Dave, author of The Last Thing He Told Me
A brilliantly immersive page turner - part mystery, part romance - I loved it! -- Cesca Major
Wow, this book! With The Love of my Life Rosie Walsh has achieved a very rare thing: a totally heart-rending love story that is also a page-turning thriller - how does she do it!! Addictive, moving, totally unputdownable. It really is superb and has Netflix series written all over it -- Katy Regan, author of How To Find Your Way Home
Wise and profound, this is a story full of real, raw emotion and love -- Daisy Buchanan

Read it and never look at your husband or wife in quite the same way again. The Love of My Life has a genius premise that shoots straight to the heart of one of life's great unanswered conundrums: can you ever truly trust anyone I lapped it up - then gave my husband some serious side-eye!

-- Jade Beer, author ofThe Last Dress from Paris
I adored The Love Of My Life . . . It's SO twisty and tender, I fell so hard for Leo and Emma. It's such a gripping story but it's the characters who make it truly compelling -- Daisy Buchanan
Complex and unpredictable, Emma is a brilliantly drawn character, and you'll be rooting for the kindly Leo from the start. Rosie Walsh explores heart-wrenching issues in a gripping story of marriage and deception that delivers twist after twist -- Anne Cater * Sunday Express *
This thrilling yet emotional story is impossible to put down * Fabulous magazine (The Sun) *
Part love story and part mystery, this is an emotional read . . . A moving story about the secrets we keep from one other and second chances * Woman's Weekly *
A really dazzling story, full of emotion and power with fantastic characters and some powerful twists * Best Magazine *
This wonderfully written story is touching, tender and utterly compelling, with twists you wont see coming * Independent *

Author Bio

Rosie Walsh has lived and travelled all over the world, working as a documentary producer and writer. The Love of My Life is her second novel under her own name; The Man Who Didn't Call, which was her first, sold over a million copies worldwide. She lives in Devon with her partner and two children.