Detachment - A J Garland

New Year’s Eve, 1990.

Seventeen-year-old Amy is standing on the deck of a party boat on the River Thames when she meets Tom - a handsome nineteen-year-old Commando soldier with piercing blue eyes and a smile she can’t forget.

What begins as a chance encounter quickly becomes something far more intense. As Amy navigates first love, first heartbreak, and the dizzying rush of desire, Tom is fighting battles of his own. With his military career pulling him in one direction and his growing feelings for Amy in another, both must decide whether what they share is strong enough to survive distance, duty, and the uncertainty of the world around them.

Set against the backdrop of Britain in the early 1990s and the shadow of the Gulf War, Detachment is a heartfelt story of passion, sacrifice, and the life-changing power of first love.

Will their connection endure, or will circumstances tear them apart before their story has truly begun?