Showing results by publisher "John Murray" in Romance

​*****AMAZON'S BOOK OF THE YEAR​​​***** INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER REESE WITHERSPOON'S BOOK CLUB PICK FEARNE COTTON'S HAPPY PLACE BOOK CLUB PICK AMANDA LAMB BOOK CLUB PICK 'An unforgettable story of love, loss, and the choices that shape our lives . . . but it's...

A life-changing love story. A devastating decision. 1972. Alice Garland can't take her eyes off Jacob Earl. With his black curls and snakeskin boots, the lead singer of the Disciples commands the stage. It's the beginning of a passionate relationship. For a while it feels like they're at the...

'Shocking, stylish, elegant, and twisting. A truly stunning debut' Chris Whitaker, NYT bestselling author of All the Colours of the Dark 'One of the best books I've read this year' Jodi Picoult SHE THOUGHT IT WAS FATE. I KNEW IT WASN'T. Honor's life is nearly perfect: she adores her bright and...

WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2025 WINNER OF THE WATERSTONES DEBUT PRIZE 2025 LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2025 LONGLISTED FOR THE WALTER SCOTT PRIZE 2026 A RADIO 4 BOOK AT BEDTIME A TELEGRAPH AND SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 'A furiously romantic, sun-drenched mystery . . . The...

***A BBC RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB PICK 2025*** 'Perfect to read whilst curled up by the fire demanding people bring you hot tea and biscuits to dunk' Sara Cox, Radio 2 Book Club 'One of the most imaginative and ambitious books I have read all year' Scotsman 'Magical in every sense' Saga Magazine 'A...

'Smart, brave and often very funny . . . profoundly moving' Sarah Haywood, author of The Cactus This morning Gigi left her husband and children. Now she's watching Real Housewives and drinking wine in a crummy hotel room, trying to work out how she got here. When the Twin Towers collapsed, Gigi...

For over thirty years, Old Second and Bao Mei have cobbled together a meagre existence in New York City's Chinatown. But unlike other couples, these two share an unusual past. In rural Fuzhou, before they emigrated, they frequented The Workers' Cinema: a theatre where gay men cruised for love. While classic war films played, Old Second and his fellow countrymen found intimacy in the privacy of the Workers' Cinema's screening rooms. Elsewhere, in the box office, Bao Mei sold movie tickets to closeted men - guarding their secrets and finding her own happiness with the projectionist.

Eva looked out of the window of the charmingly crumbling guest house and thought she might be sick. She could see Frank lying on the grass in last night's clothes - it wasn't clear whether he was conscious or not. Her husband, Shay, was in bed. She loved him, of course she did, just right now the person she most wanted to see was Connor. She didn't want to think about what had happened to Bea or how Lizzie was feeling.

'Mesmeric from the first page. A twisting, haunting tale.' Lucy Steeds, author of THE ARTIST 'A searing debut' Sunday Times *THE POP CULTURE MOMENTS EVERYONE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT IN 2026* The Knock hill is a carcass unintelligible as any dream. Wouldn't you rather be a witch than a victim? I...

Ted, a car tyre salesman in 1960s suburban New England, is a dreamer who craves admiration. His wife, Abigail, longs for a life of the mind. Single girl Penny just wants to be loved. When a chance encounter brings Ted and Penny together, he becomes enamoured and begins inventing a whole new life, with her at its centre. But when this fantasy collides with reality, the fallout threatens everything and everyone he holds dear.

Johnny was my first. I was seventeen and I was only brave enough to talk to him after I'd had three vodkas. He was only brave enough to kiss me when no-one else was around. Dave was different. We didn't go out or see friends. We were each other's world. Dave was all I needed. We were toxic before it became fashionable. Kyle was my best friend. And that was the problem. Or at least that's what he said was the problem.

A coming-of-age novel about two women falling in love during the culturally and politically turbulent 1980s. It's 1984 in The Valleys, South Wales, and Eluned Hughes is stuck. The miners' strikes are ravaging her family and community, and her boyfriend of six years, Lloyd, is starting to bring...

Growing up, it was always the three of them: Miller and Olly and Ash. They stuck together, like they were keeping a secret. They needed each other. As teenagers, they drove to LA, lived in a ramshackle place on the beach in Malibu, set up a record label. They were successful, best friends and Olly and Miller fell in love. Before it fell apart, it was beautiful. Then Olly stopped looking at Miller the way he used to. Miller spent a night with Ash, which turned into a marriage.