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Oct 5, 2024 8:34 PM

Author:Cassia Leo

Black Box

Three fateful encounters... Two heart-breaking tragedies... One last chance to get it right.

Over the course of five years, Mikki and Crush have crossed paths twice. Their first encounter changed Mikki’s life forever, but the second left them both buried beneath the emotional wreckage of a violent attack. Mikki is left with more questions and grief than she can handle, while Crush is forced to forget the girl who saved his life.

Now Mikki Gladstone has decided she’s tired of the mind-numbing meds. She books a flight to Los Angeles to end her life far away from her loving, though often distant, family.

Crush has always channelled his blackest thoughts into his music. He decides to fly to Los Angeles to record a demo of the only song he’s never performed in public; a song he wrote for a girl he doesn't even know: Black Box. He has no expectations of fame and he’s never felt like his life had any purpose… until he meets Mikki in Terminal B.

When their paths cross yet again, neither has any idea who the other person is – until they begin to piece together their history and realize that fate has more in store for them than just another love story.

Cassia Leo is also the author of the Shattered Hearts series, comprising Relentless, Pieces of You and Bring Me Home, and the series spin-off novel Abandon (can be read as a standalone).

Reviews

I’m still reeling . . . I loved this book.

—— All Romance Reviews

A tale of beauty born out of misery, of love conquering all, this is one of the most sensitively and candidly told stories I have ever come across.

—— Natasha is a Book Junkie

Unexpected, beautiful and will not be forgotten soon.

—— Windingstairsbookblog.blogspot.co.uk

If you are a fan of intricately and well written romances, I urge you to read this book.

—— Addicted2heroines.com

Beautiful story! I enjoyed it quite a lot. The characters are charming and very well described; the story, which sometimes has a bit of an intricate plot, is never confused or tedious.

—— Il Profumo delle Pergamene

With a touch of steam to liven up the quiet moments with Hil and Eleanor, the pages just flew past.

—— I Am, Indeed

Once again Samantha Kane’s brilliance shines. Each and every one of the books in the Saint’s Devils series is a winner and each one so delectably different.

—— Book Obsessed Chicks

The advances of communications technology since the mid-Nineties were made for Bridget's more obsessive side.

—— Susie Boyt , Independent

Bridget is a bit older, no wiser and still funny.

—— Katy Guest , Independent on Sunday

[Bridget’s] appeal is in her ability to pull the happy ending we’d all love from the chaos and self-doubt of everyday life.

—— Caroline Jowett , Daily Express

The third instalment, like Bridget herself is a lot more grown up, has some valuable lessons about life, loss and love - but is still great fun. VV Good.

—— Best

Bridget is still lovable and seeing a more mature version of the heroine coping with motherhood and bereavement is really quite moving.

—— Deirdre O'Brien , Sunday Mirror

I read the book. I loved it. I loved her. She's smart, she's funny and she makes us all feel like we're good just the way we are.

—— Jenna Bush Hager , NBC Today Show

Bridget’s bittersweet days with Mabel and Billy focus an unaffected – and unexpected – tenderness … A new chapter in the fairy tale can begin.

—— Boyd Tonkin , Independent

Sweet, clever and funny.

—— Helen Rogan , People

She’s our Bridget in other words, all over again – but just a couple of decades removed.

—— Nadine O’Regan , Sunday Business Post

Fielding is a smashing writer and in many ways Bridget Jones is an engaging creation.

—— Susan Flockhart , Glasgow Sunday Herald

Now past 50, a widow after Darcy’s death, [Bridget] blunders through the quest for mid-life loves and childcare nightmares with the all comic missteps and pratfalls fans adore.

—— i

Laugh out loud funny… an inviting comfort blanket of a book for those many readers who loved Bridget before, who have grown up with her, and who are intrigued to find out what became of her.

—— Isabel Berwick , Financial Times

In this third installment of the diaries, our hapless heroine continues to agonise over the tribulations of modern life large and small, from single parenthood and dating in the age of social media to the perils of the skinny jean.

—— Justine Jordan , Guardian

Fielding’s comedic talent remains undimmed.

—— Nicola Shulman , Mail on Sunday

There is poignancy as well as humour.

—— Eleanor Mills , Sunday Times

We are back to the old Bridget Jones in all her life-affirming glory.

—— Caroline Jowett , Daily Express

Feels like visiting with your funniest friend

—— Jessica Shaw , Entertainment Weekly

I read the book. I loved it. I loved her. She’s smart, she’s funny and she makes us all feel like we’re good just the way we are.

—— Jenna Bush Hager , Today

Fresh, frantic and very funny.

—— Fanny Blake , Woman & Home

Long-awaited.

—— Reader's Digest

Bridget is back! ... The third book in the series does not disappoint, taking the reader on a whirlwind tour of Bridget's life as a 50-something, and all the highs, lows, tears and laughter that you'd expect.

—— The Bristol Magazine

What remains unchanged – and addictive – is its diary format.

—— The Lady

Life may have changed dramatically for Bridget, but you can still prepare to laugh and cry at Helen Fielding’s latest novel.

—— No 1 Magazine

Fans of the original books have not been, and will not be, disappointed.

—— Chris White, fiction buyer for Waterstones , UK Press Syndication

Tender, touching and often hilarious – a welcome return.

—— Sara Lawrence , Daily Mail

Bridget is as hopeless, loveable and funny as ever.

—— Stylist

An uproariously funny novel of modern life, Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy is the triumphant return of our favourite Everywoman.

—— UK Press Syndication

Laugh-out-loud funny, as well as punctuated by moments of genuine sadness, which are proportionately balanced throughout the story.

—— Louise Denyer , Suffolk Magazine

Timely, tender, touching, witty, wise and bloody hilarious

—— UK Press Syndication

Hilariously written

—— Emma Lawton , University of Nottingham Impact

This book is an innocent pleasure, and made me laugh a lot

—— Naomi James , Church Times
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