A STYLIST BEST NEW RELEASE OF 2025

'An exquisitely tender portrayal of enduring love' OBSERVER

'A sweeping, decades-spanning tale of queer desire' MARIE CLAIRE

'Profoundly moving' EMILY ST. JOHN MANDEL, bestselling author of STATION ELEVEN

'Almost unbearably beautiful' EMILIA HART, bestselling author of WEYWARD

'Had me hooked from the first page' JENNIE GODFREY, bestselling author of THE LIST OF SUSPICIOUS THINGS
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There's no such thing as an ordinary love story
When Emily catches sight of Gennifer Hall at a party, she is transported back to the moment they fell in love as teenagers. Their connection was electric, and they thought it was forever.

Twenty years later, Gen is an Olympic runner, the career she strived for, while Emily is living a picture-perfect life: Manhattan townhouse, two young children and a wealthy husband, Jack. But Jack's controlling behaviour is spiralling, and Emily has lost sight of who she once was.

Now, despite Emily's fracturing marriage and the pressures of Gen's career, they are drawn back together by a magnetic attraction. After years of heartbreak, missed chances and misunderstandings, will they finally get a second chance at first love?

A sweeping love story about desire, friendship, mistakes and the possibility of second chances, for fans of The Paper Palace and Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow
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'Funny and moving and sexy. Above all, a stunning love story' J. COURTNEY SULLIVAN, bestselling author of THE CLIFFS

'I loved this moving, tender story about lost love and second chances' RED

'Immersive and insightful' LISA OWENS, author of NOT WORKING

'[A] raw, gorgeous debut' THE i PAPER

'A tender romance' WOMAN & HOME

'A gorgeously written love story' GOOD HOUSEKEEPING

'Shining with rare clarity' SAINSBURY'S MAGAZINE