When Dr Hunter Newton persuades his patient, British artist Deanna Novak, to sublet his brother’s New York apartment, he never imagines Deanna would fall for the guy. Or that he’d be love rivals with a ghost.

With time running out, Hunter seeks desperately for a drug cure for Deanna’s condition, while she tries to teach the physician to cure himself of his prescription habit. What neither realises, is that in both cases, love is the only treatment on offer.

Funny, touching, tragic and heart-warming, The Science of Broken Hearts wraps the thorny topic of physician-assisted death inside an inspiring love story, with both wit and wisdom that will resonate with anyone who has had their heart broken for the very last time…