The Hummingbird and The Bear - Couverture souple

Nicholas Hogg comes across the pond to show us another side of our selves. With an eye for the American absurd, Hogg tells us how we love now - impulsively, rootlessly, never far from violence -- Rachel Klein, author of The Moth Diaries

From the opening page I was drawn into this fast and furious story. The description of American life is wonderfully authentic, and the dangerous and illicit nature of Sam and Kay s relationship helps to build the tension in a way that keeps you turning the pages -- New Books Magazine

The Hummingbird and the Bear is a timely and moving examination of passionate love, set against the backdrop of the financial crisis. Personal lives implode alongside balance sheets as the action moves from the safe green hills of the Home Counties to the badlands of the US-Mexico border -- Sophie Cooke

A beautiful read --Ian McMillan

When Sam Taylor, a high-flying business analyst, holds out his umbrella for a woman running through the rain at a wedding, he and his fiancee have little idea how this act will change their lives. Although Sam has a successful career in the city, money and the beautiful Jenni, whom he plans to marry next year, he feels something is missing from the man he has become. But upon meeting Kay, the enigmatic American woman, he gives up everything he's worked for in the belief he's found that someone who completes him. Once the offer of a lift puts Sam and Kay in a car together, a crash along a country lane starts a chain of events that takes them from the Cotswolds to New York.