| Hugh | Barratt | Josephine's husband. |
| Josie | Barratt | Emma's friend. |
| Fiona | Carter | A girl that Jamie kissed. |
| John | Constable | A painter. |
| Denise | Ellis | A policewoman. Aiden's security. |
| Mrs. | Fitzwilliam | The headmaster at Aiden's school. |
| Cathy | Foster | Aiden's child therapist. |
| James | G. Lennox | Duke of Hardwick. Arrested for
possession of child pornography. |
| Maeve | G. Lennox | The Duchess of Hardwick. James's wife. |
| Simon | Gary | A news reporter from News of the World. |
| Jamie | Glover | A boy who broke Emma's heart. |
| Matthew | Grey | A news reporter from the Yorkshire Post. |
| Peter | Hartley | Aiden's grandfather. Rob's father. |
| Robert | Hartley | Aiden's father. Emma's ex-lover. |
| Sonya | Hartley | Aiden's grandmother. Rob's mother. |
| Jack | Hawthorne | A teacher of business studies at York Lifelong Centre. |
| Marcus | Hawthorne | A policeman. Aiden's security. |
| Christine | Hewitt | Jake's mother. |
| Jake | Hewitt | Emma's husband. |
| Billy | Michaels | Siobhan's son. |
| Siobhan | Michaels | The manager of Sonya and Peter's holiday cottage business. |
| Raj | Patel | A child behavioral expert. |
| Amy | Perry | Aiden's teacher at primary school. Emma's friend. |
| Aiden | Price | Emma's child. Deceased. |
| Gina | Price | Emma's mother. Aiden's grandmother. |
| Emma | Price-Hewitt | Narrator and Protagonist. |
| Dr. | Schaffer | The head of the pediatric ward at St. Michael's. |
| Carl | Stevenson | A police detective. |
| Fiona | Watson | Emma's doctor. |
| Angela | | The head teacher of Grade 7. |
| Barbara | | A woman who lived in the downhill down from Aiden's school. |
| Bump | | Emma and Jake's daughter. Aka: Gina Price-Hewitt. |
| Carol | | A barmaid at the Queen's Head. |
| Chris | | A young P.E. teacher. |
| David | | Emma's art tutor. |
| Fletcher | | Rob's weed dealer. |
| Jamie | | Aiden's classmate who saw him leave during the flood. |
| Oliver | | Tricia's son. |
| Sam | | A man who worked at the post office. |
| Sandra | | A girl who worked at the post office. |
| Simon | | The IT teacher. |
| Sumaira | | The head of the English Department. |
| Tricia | | Sumaira's colleague. |
| Walnut | | Aiden's dragon stuffed toy. |
