I wrote a letter to my love . . .

CHICK LIT SARA LAWRENCE THE BOOK OF LOVE by Fionnuala Kearney (HarperCollins £7.99, 416 pp) DOM fell hard and fast in love with Erin the first night he met her — and she wasn’t far behind. Pregnant in a matter of months, they have a whirlwind wedding and endure digs about their relationship not standing a chance. They know better, however, and her father’s wedding gift, a notebook where they must write down all the things they find hardest to say in person, suggests so too.

With their deepest fears, secrets and love letters to each other contained in the pages of this book it seems like nothing can touch them. Even when tragedy hits they manage to get stronger against the odds.

But their notebook only works with brutal honesty and when a huge secret is withheld for too long the cracks are immediate, divisive and apparently insurmountable.

This epic love story is beautifully written and contains so much emotional wisdom I haven’t been able to stop thinking about it. Wonderful. THE DAY WE MET by Roxie Cooper (Ebury £7.99, 464 pp)

HERE we have another couple whose powerful chemistry is also evident from the first moment.

When Stephanie and Jamie meet on a weekend course they stay up all night chatting, finding everything the other has to say beyond fascinating.

These two, however, are both already involved in longterm relationships. Finding it impossible to be together but equally impossible to say a final goodbye, they agree to meet once a year.

The guilt becomes too much for Jamie when his wife gets pregnant so although he loves Stephanie, he tells her they can’t see each other any more. She feels like her soul’s been ripped out, but her therapist keeps asking — why does she restrict her happiness to one weekend a year?

It’s not as profound as the previous novel but enjoyably readable nonetheless.

DON’T YOU FORGET ABOUT ME by Mhairi McFarlane (HarperCollins £7.99, 432pp)

I’M A big fan of McFarlane’s hilarious, clever and beautifully written novels and thrilled to report this latest is all those things, too.

Georgina has not had an easy time since she messed up a beautiful romance with a boy at their school leaving do 12 years ago. Her dad died, she left university after one term and has ricocheted from one waitressing job to the next, her writing ambitions firmly on the back-burner.

On the same day she gets fired from her latest role at Sheffield’s worst restaurant, she finds her boyfriend in bed with another girl.

Things start looking up when she starts a new job but take a turn for the worse when she realises one of her bosses is the boy she was so obsessed with at school.

He, however, has such a blank look on his face when they meet she believes he doesn’t remember her at all. I loved it.