The Last Love Note

A Novel

A December 2023 Indie Next Pick

A December 2023 Book of the Month Selection and Book of the Year Nominee

A Washington Post Noteworthy Book

A National Bestseller

You may never stop loving the one you lost. But you can still find love again.

Two years after losing her husband, Cameron, Kate is a bit of a mess. Lurching from one comedic crisis to the next, she does her best to navigate work, friendships, and parenting a five-year-old without Cam’s support.

When a flight diversion on a business trip unexpectedly leaves her stranded in a beach town in Australia, Kate finally has a chance to process her grief. Can she let go of the love of her life and risk her heart a second time?

The Last Love Note will make listeners laugh, cry, and renew their faith in the resilience of the human heart—recognizing that while you may never stop loving the one you lost, you can always find love again.

©2023 Emma Grey (P)2023 Zibby Publishing

I loved it

This is such a beautiful story based on the writers, actual tragic, personal story. So beautiful and so worthwhile.

This one hit closer than expected

I honestly have no words… and yet, somehow, this book gave me all of them.

I found myself in tears through so much of this story—other moments had me laughing, and a few had me feeling that secondhand embarrassment that makes a character feel so real. Kate’s journey hit closer to home than I expected, especially in the beginning, where her greatest obstacle was simply getting out of bed each morning to care for Charlie.

That kind of grief felt deeply familiar. It reminded me of my aunt and her loss—how my cousin was the one thing, outside of God, that kept her going. The reason to keep breathing, to keep showing up. And that same truth lives within Kate. After losing Cam, she is left to navigate life as a solo parent, surrounded by support, yet still feeling completely alone. Charlie becomes her anchor.

And then there’s Hugh—quietly, unexpectedly—becoming her light.

There is something so powerful about stories like this. The kind where someone loves deeply, loses everything, and somehow finds the courage to love again. What bravery that must take. What faith. What healing. And it’s all so beautifully depicted in this book.

This story is heart-wrenching. It leaves a lump in your throat that doesn’t quickly pass, because grief doesn’t work that way. But knowing that stories like this are real—that people do survive this kind of loss, that they rebuild, that they love again—it gives me hope.

Hope that when everything feels lost, God is still present. That He is big enough to carry you through the unimaginable. And maybe, just maybe, He can restore a love you thought was gone forever.