Childhood sweethearts Olivia and Luca Felicone upset their families when they marry, but all their lives are shattered when Luca dies in a car crash. Olivia's grief is so great that for a while she loses her way, leaving her job and travelling to the north east, where the FELICONE family own a restaurant. Not everyone is welcoming, but she is drawn to her married brother-in-law, Luca's twin Marc, united in their grief. They have an affair, each trying to replace Luca. But they come to the realisation you can't replace the irreplaceable, and that even though he is dead, Luca is with them still. This is a powerful, beautifully written debut novel.