Heart the Lover by Lily King

SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2026

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

'Touching, thoughtful, a deeply affecting love story about time and regret' DAVID NICHOLLS

'Steeped in yearning, melancholy and the reckoning with mortality that must come to us all . . . King's writing still pierces you' The Times

'Exploring how first love shapes a lifetime, here is a novel of piercing clarity' Independent

'Beautifully written . . . I was hooked from the first page' Daily Mail