Isla and Ben were just sixteen when the Boxing Day tsunami tore through their beach resort in Thailand. Just days after forming a life-changing bond, both were missing and presumed dead. Unbeknown to each other and haunted by one of the biggest natural disasters in world history, Isla and Ben are living very different lives, until over a decade later when a chance encounter throws them back together.
Based on real life events, The Day of the Wave is a story of healing, learning to let go, and figuring out when to hold on with everything you have left.
Ben and Isla have some amazing history…
Keep reading to see the full Love Note!
Isla
You know I’ve never been great with expressing my feelings. When we met again ten years after the tsunami it was like another wave had crashed into me, but this time it was a good one. You turned the tide for me Izzy, I’ll never be able to tell you just how grateful I am that you did that. You’ve changed my life twice now. Once when you yelled at me on that beach for pretending to be a shark (sorry about that by the way!), and again when you forced me to see that some good really did come out of that wreckage. Maybe this all sounds cheesy, but life is short, as we both know. If you can’t say how you feel on Valentine’s Day, when can you?
I love you, now and forever. You’ll always be my island.
Ben x
Becky Wicks is a HarperCollins author going indie! Itchy feet has led her to live and work all over the world since leaving England at age 21, including NYC, Sydney, Bali, South America and Dubai. Right now she’s scribbling the second book in the HotFlush series in Vietnam, and will soon be in Vancouver if any hot Canadian men want to make her a cup of tea?
Becky has also written three funny travel books about her time in Dubai, Bali and South America (HarperCollins). Her first book, Burqalicious – The Dubai Diaries, her second book, Balilicious – The Bali Diaries and her third, Latinalicious -The South America Diaries are out now as ebooks.
Becky has also written a comedy romance with author Sarah Alderson under the name Lola Salt, called The Extraordinary Life of Lara Craft (not Croft) which should raise a giggle or two… think Bridget Jones if Jackie Collins had written it!
