Cosmetic Surgeon Mike Richards gives up his successful practice to set up an eye surgery unit in a mission hospital in Pemba, a small coastal town in northern Mozambique.

There he meets the documentary film-maker Niamh Gallagher, who is on a mercy mission from war-torn Iraq. She has covered the world's conflict hot-spots, from Kosovo to the Middle East.

Soon their friendship blossoms into something much deeper, but they both have pasts with which they must come to terms...

This is a love story about two people who have previously experienced strong love and deep loss and now find themselves falling in love.

'I loved the idea of using private emails as the vehicle for the story - they have such immediacy about them.' - Author