Former British Army Lieutenant Adam Merryweather survived the Western Front of WWI and has slowly recovered from his injuries. But can he heal from a broken heart? Torn between family duty and personal happiness, he sacrificed his love for Alf and has never ceased to regret it in the two years since the war ended. Adam is slowly putting his empty life back together, working for the family firm in the city centre of Bristol and trying to stop his mother’s meddling to find him the perfect socially acceptable bride. When he happens to meet Alf out of the blue, Adam is determined to try again. But convincing Alf to give him another chance may be too much to hope for. Can a chance meeting bring them back together? Or has Adam lost another chance for love forever?

Another Chance for Love

Adam, heart thumping, arranging a smile on his face to cover his surprise and his nerves, walking briskly up to him before the other man could escape.


“What are you doing down here in the West Country?” he asked, his voice sounding overloud and falsely jovial.


“Business,” Alf said briefly in his flat Midlands accent, indicating the attaché case he was holding. He flushed slightly, as if aware that such brevity was bordering on rudeness.


He expanded a little. “The engineering works in Birmingham sent me down here to talk to a lawyer concerning our shipping business patents,” he nodded his head towards the office building he had just left.


“Do you have time for a drink?” Adam asked on impulse, his voice deceptively casual. “I was just heading to a good pub around the corner from here.”


Chapter 8