Anxious Hearts

Guy Sigley

• Publisher: Echo
• eBook ISBN:
  9781786586117
• Year: 2025

Kelly O'Mara is relentless in her pursuit of excellence. In her late twenties, she's an outstanding junior doctor preparing to sit her specialist paediatric exams. She will sacrifice friendships, a social life and romance to be the best among her peers. But this self-imposed pressure means she's constantly on edge - an explosion waiting to happen.

Finn Walsh understands Kelly better than anyone. On the surface, he's a successful actor, but behind the television smile he's battling an overwhelming fear that every move he makes could lead to disaster. Anxious, self-loathing and plagued by a sense of impending doom, away from the camera Finn struggles to hold back the darkness of everyday life.

Kelly and Finn have been inseparable since childhood; two broken souls with a powerful bond. Through their shared struggles and quiet understanding, they've always been each other's safe place, source of healing and strength. Until now, when the oppressive weight of their own fears and expectations has begun to overwhelm them both. A rift opens in their relationship, gradually sending each of them into a toxic spiral.

How much will these flawed but fiercely loyal friends be willing to sacrifice to save each other ... and themselves?

Written with insight, compassion and humour, Anxious Hearts is a heart-filled exploration of love, mental health and the impossible standards we set for ourselves in an ever more demanding world.

Table of contents

• Anxious Hearts
• Trigger warning
• Dedication
• Chapter Thirty-one Friday 6 January
• Chapter Two Friday 13 January
• Chapter Three
• Chapter Four
• Chapter Five
• Chapter Six
• Chapter Seven
• Chapter Eight
• Chapter Nine Friday 20 January
• Chapter Ten Monday 23 January
• Chapter Eleven
• Chapter Twelve Wednesday 25 January
• Chapter Thirteen Monday 30 January
• Chapter Fourteen
• Chapter Fifteen Friday 3 February
• Chapter Sixteen
• Chapter Seventeen Wednesday 22 March
• Chapter Eighteen Friday 7 April
• Chapter Nineteen
• Chapter Twenty
• Chapter Twenty-one
• Chapter Twenty-two Sunday 9 April
• Chapter Twenty-three
• Chapter Twenty-four
• Chapter Twenty-five
• Chapter Twenty-six
• Chapter Twenty-seven Wednesday 12 April
• Chapter Twenty-eight
• Chapter Twenty-nine
• Chapter Thirty Monday 17 April
• Chapter Thirty-one
• Chapter Thirty-two Monday 22 May
• Chapter Thirty-three
• Chapter Thirty-four
• Chapter Thirty-five
• Chapter Thirty-six
• Chapter Thirty-seven
• Chapter Thirty-eight Friday 26 May
• Chapter Thirty-nine Sunday 28 May
• Chapter Forty Friday 6 January
• Chapter Forty-one
• Chapter Forty-two
• Chapter Forty-three
• Chapter Forty-four
• Chapter Forty-five
• Chapter Forty-six
• Chapter Forty-seven
• Chapter Forty-eight
• Epilogue
• Acknowledgements
• About the author
• Imprint