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Jessica Stanley (Hutchinson Heineman)
Smart and contemporary, this modern romance between short-lived single father Adam and magazine writer Coralie gains depth as it jumps from the initial meet-cute to a decade-long romance, all while embracing stepmother, work and politics. (Didn’t think you could turn Brexit into a love story?) The writing is great, and the book has real heft – which may detract from the fun of escapism, but it’s no less fun for that.
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Problematic summer romance
Ali Hazlewood (Domain)
Hazelwood, the current giant of romance fiction, specializes in funny and edgy nerd affairs. Despite highlighting its own issues in the title, this novel has gotten a somewhat mixed reception from the more judgmental corners of the internet due to the age difference between the lovers. The gap between Maya and Connor, her older brother’s best friend, is 15 years – and she’s 23 to 38. Depending on your generation and point of view, this can either be a completely and utterly fine thing, or deeply unsettling, despite the heroine valiantly insisting on her own agency and the reluctant romantic hero resisting the issue for this very reason. The book itself is usually incredibly charming and entertaining, full of sarcasm and sarcasm. (Less controversially, she followed up with his colleague, about a vampire bride falling in love with a werewolf. Having sex with an actual animal is significantly less problematic than an age gap in 2025.)
Sweet heat
Bolu Babalola (main headliner)
Previously, Reese Witherspoon’s book club selected her novel Honey & Spice for 2022, and Babalola continues to show why in this wonderful, lush new book featuring the same characters. Kiki now runs a romance podcast while her love life is the typical disaster zone, when her handsome ex Malakai suddenly turns up as best man at a wedding where she’s a bridesmaid… It’s clever, obviously, but there’s real warmth and depth to the characterization and the issues affecting the young Londoners it portrays. Will you see what’s coming a mile away? definitely. Will you enjoy the trip? every bit of it.
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Mhairi MacFarlane (HarperCollins)
MacFarlane is so funny that she was called into the writers’ room of Slow Horses, the wittiest show on television. Fortunately, she is also still working as a novelist, which is excellent news for her ardent fans. COVER STORY The film is about two journalists who hate each other and are forced to pretend to be a couple, but really that’s just an excuse for her sharp observations and deep, essential sweetness. The world is always a better place with MacFarlane’s stories in it.
Lover’s heart
Lily King (Canongate)
“You knew I’d write a book about you someday,” begins this keenly intelligent and keenly observed love story. From the cover, an homage to the classic Great Gatsby cover image of crying eyes on a blue background, to the narrator’s adopted name — Jordan — and the other two sides of the triangle, Sam and Yash, who call their dates “Daisies,” you know you’re in proper literary allusion territory. This is a book that explores youthful passion and its consequences over the decades with charm and precision: a perfect no-brainer gift for the romantically literate student in your life.
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