Single mum Lila:Has got her hands full with two unruly daughters. Is the author of an unexpectedly successful self-help book.

Is the impulsive owner of a flashy sportscar. She also:Has a stepdad who quietly moved in after her mother died. Has a deadline looming on a book that just won’t write itself.

Is exchanging school-gate daggers with her ex’s pregnant girlfriend. It feels like she alone is holding up the sky. So the last thing she needs is a stranger at the door.

Not even when he’s a Hollywood star. Needing a place to stay. With a million-dollar smile she doesn’t trust for a second.

Because this is Gene – the father she hasn’t seen in 16 years . . .
 
Jojo Moyes