Ordinary Love

<p><b>A <i>STYLIST</i> BEST NEW RELEASE OF 2025</b><br><b><br>'An exquisitely tender portrayal of enduring love' </b><i>OBSERVER</i><br><br><b><i>'</i></b><b>A sweeping, decades-spanning tale of queer desire' </b><i>MARIE CLAIRE</i><br><br><b>'Profoundly moving' </b>EMILY ST. JOHN MANDEL, bestselling author of <i>STATION ELEVEN</i><br><br><b>'Almost unbearably beautiful'</b> EMILIA HART, bestselling author of <i>WEYWARD</i><br><br><b>'Had me hooked from the first page' </b>JENNIE GODFREY, bestselling author of <i>THE LIST OF SUSPICIOUS THINGS</i><br><i>_________________________________________________________________________</i><br><b><i><H3>There's no such thing as an ordinary love story</H3></i></b><br>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.<br><br>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.<br><br>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?<br><br><b>A sweeping love story about desire, friendship, mistakes and the possibility of second chances, for fans of <i>The Paper Palace</i> and <i>Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow</i></b><br><i>_________________________________________________________________________<br></i><br><b>'I'm obsessed with this novel. It demands obsession'</b> HOLLY BRICKLEY, author of <i>DEEP CUTS</i><br><br><b>'Funny and moving and sexy'</b> J. COURTNEY SULLIVAN, bestselling author of <i>THE CLIFFS</i><br><br><b>'A gorgeously written love story' </b><i>GOOD HOUSEKEEPING</i><br><br><b>'I loved this moving, tender story about lost love and second chances' </b><i>RED</i><br><br><b>'Immersive and insightful' </b>LISA OWENS, author of <i>NOT WORKING</i><br><br><b>'[A] raw, gorgeous debut'</b> <i>THE i PAPER</i><br><br><b>'A tender romance' </b><i>WOMAN & HOME</i><br><br><b>'Shining with rare clarity'</b> <i>SAINSBURY'S MAGAZINE</i><br><br><b><u>READERS ARE RAVING:</u></b><br><br><b>⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ </b>'So raw and so real . . . If there's one book you read this year, it should be this one' <br><br><b>⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ </b>'I absolutely devoured this . . . Clear your afternoon to read this one straight through' <br><br><b>⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐</b>'The characters were so real that I miss them now the book's over. This novel is one for the ages' <br><br><b>⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ </b>'Boy did this pack a punch, have a box of tissues by your side - you will need these' <br><br><b>⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ </b>'Sexy and sensual . . . I found myself not wanting to stop reading' <br><br><b>⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ </b>'So emotionally wrecked by this book [that I'm] still thinking about it obsessively months later' <br><br><b>⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ </b>'I fell in love with this story and these characters right from the beginning'</p>