by Josie Silver
First published 2018
Laurie catches sight of a stranger through the fogged glass of a bus window on a snowy December afternoon in London. Their eyes lock across the street. She feels certain this man is meant for her. Then the bus pulls away. Laurie searches every coffee shop and bus stop in the city for twelve months. She never finds him. At a Christmas party, her best friend Sarah brings over her new boyfriend to meet Laurie. The man is Jack. The same Jack from the bus window. For the next decade, Laurie watches her soulmate date her closest friend. She navigates years of complicated feelings while Jack and Sarah build their relationship. Missed connections pile up. Hearts break and mend. The three friends circle each other through a maze of almosts and what ifs. Silver traces how love reshapes itself across time, showing that the heart finds unexpected paths to where it needs to go.
Genres: romance, literary-fiction, contemporary-romance
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family
Setting: London
Period: December, Christmas
392 pages · Paperback · Ballantine Books