{"product_id":"ordinary-love-1","title":"Marie Rutkoski: Ordinary Love [2026]","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eSTYLIST\u003c\/i\u003e BEST NEW RELEASE OF 2025\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'An exquisitely tender portrayal of enduring love' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eOBSERVER\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eA sweeping, decades-spanning tale of queer desire' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eMARIE CLAIRE\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Profoundly moving' \u003c\/b\u003eEMILY ST. JOHN MANDEL, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eSTATION ELEVEN\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Almost unbearably beautiful'\u003c\/b\u003e EMILIA HART, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eWEYWARD\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Had me hooked from the first page' \u003c\/b\u003eJENNIE GODFREY, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eTHE LIST OF SUSPICIOUS THINGS\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e_________________________________________________________________________\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThere's no such thing as an ordinary love story\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTwenty 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNow, 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?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA sweeping love story about desire, friendship, mistakes and the possibility of second chances, for fans of \u003ci\u003eThe Paper Palace\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e_________________________________________________________________________\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'I'm obsessed with this novel. It demands obsession'\u003c\/b\u003e HOLLY BRICKLEY, author of \u003ci\u003eDEEP CUTS\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Funny and moving and sexy'\u003c\/b\u003e J. 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If there's one book you read this year, it should be this one' \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e      \u003c\/b\u003e'I absolutely devoured this . . . Clear your afternoon to read this one straight through' \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e     \u003c\/b\u003e'The characters were so real that I miss them now the book's over. This novel is one for the ages' \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e      \u003c\/b\u003e'Boy did this pack a punch, have a box of tissues by your side - you will need these' \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e      \u003c\/b\u003e'Sexy and sensual . . . 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