From award-winning, bestselling writer Leah Swann comes a lyrical, powerful, dark and devastating novel. Warning: once you start reading, you will not be able to put this novel down.

Jack Wolfe, a complicated and difficult old man, retreats to his remote shack in the Otways to grieve his wife's death in a car crash where he was the driver. Half mad with remorse, and memories of wrongs he has done to others, what he craves more than anything is forgiveness - and solitude.

Instead, he meets Lotus, an exuberant yet lonely young woman who insists on trying to help him, although he's determined to keep her at bay. He doesn't want or need anyone. But late one night, when his dog starts howling, Jack discovers a shivering and wet stranger on his property. Is this man dangerous, or someone who simply needs his help? His late wife would want him to show kindness, but he can't help suspecting the man's motives. And what should he do about the unwanted friendship from Lotus?

A powerfully compelling story with a spiralling, slow-burn intensity which escalates into a propulsive, gut-wrenching and achingly beautiful read, Later, Only Love Remains is a story about violence, birth and death, the yearning for redemption and the endless wellspring that is love.