This wasn't originally a book that I had intended to read. However, my mother borrowed it from our local library and raved about it so I decided to give it a go and I'm really glad I did!

Ellie is a journalist who has let her career slide a bit thanks to her complicated love life. When she stumbles across some old love letters from decades gone by, she feels sure that this is where her next big story will come from. Trouble is, she doesn't actually know who they belong to and who they are about. Can she find out in time to convince her editor that she's still got it? And will the people concerned actually want to be identified?

Unknown to Ellie, the letters belong to Jennifer, who is the main character from here in. We first meet her in the 1960s - the time period in which the letters were written. She has woken after a car crash to discover that she has no idea who she is. She doesn't recognise anything about her world so as a reader, you are also discovering her identity along with her. This really hooked me as I immediately warmed to Jennifer, had sympathy for her situation (which is far from happy) and was keen to find out whether she ever did meet up with 'B' to escape (as per the letter on the book blurb). This hint of mystery kept me reading and I was quite captivated by the plot.

Ellie isn't as strong a character as Jennifer, which I suspect was deliberate as the story isn't really about Ellie. She serves mostly to bridge the gap between the past and the present, though she does have a sub-plot of her own going on. That said, I liked Ellie and her role in the plot was a great way of introducing the letters and setting off the main plot.

In short, I really liked this book. I've never previously read anything by JoJo Moyes before and she's never previously been on my radar. Jennifer is an engaging character, as is Ellie to a lesser extent, and I found the intrigue relating to the 1960s romance very riveting. I didn't expect this book to turn into such a page-turner but I actually read it in three days (unusual for me these days as I don't get so much chance to read) and it wasn't the shortest book either. Big thumbs-up from me and I'll definitely be looking out for more books by JoJo Moyes in the future!