I Always Knew, by Caroline Grace-Cassidy, is about a woman who has to face up to the man who trampled her heart. The summary says: "To the outside world Beth Burrows has mended her mangled heart - only she knows she will never get over John Callan but she's finally moved on. She can't explain it to people but it was no ordinary romance. It was a visceral chemistry of mind and heart that she knows only too well possibly only happens once in a lifetime. Work has been her saviour and she is carving out a career for herself as a pretty good jewellery designer. Her creations are very much a part of her. Every bead and every component similar to a musical note. The blend of all the materials she works with creates a feeling deep inside her. She has some control of her own life again. Just the way a song reflects the emotions of an artist; her designs are all an expression of her personality, what she is thinking or what she is going through. Some vicious, some dainty, some sultry, some rich, and some robust. In a weird way she has John to thank for this business. He created this artist within her. Like it or not he made her really feel. But it's almost three years on and Beth's contented in a relationship with safe and reliable Rory. That is until her best friend and John's sister, Alice, announces that she and Dan are getting married. Beth's life is turned upside down again when John is asked to be the best man to her chief bridesmaid. John Callan, he who did the original Michael Flatley and Jean Bulter version of the Riverdance on her face before he followed his dream to New York - will be coming home. In the middle of all this Beth's parents are moving to Nerja in Spain and out of the blue offer Beth and Rory to move into their home. Rent free. What excuse could she possibly have not to do move in with Rory? None, until she finds him one night in an unthinkable situation. When she comes face to face with John after three years she makes some truly awful life decisions. Then a tragic car accident sends all their worlds into a spin and when a stranger turns up out of the blue and takes something so precious that no longer really belongs to her it becomes the catalyst that helps Beth eventually look within herself for happiness. Beth isn't a fake but releasing her true emotions makes her feel like one. What's really fake is pretending to be something she's not. It's time to face what's really in her heart. What she always knew." I Always Knew is out in August 2014.

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