{"product_id":"heart-the-lover-by-lily-king","title":"Heart the Lover by Lily King","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"91\" data-end=\"270\"\u003eA love story shaped by time, memory, and the choices we can never undo, \u003cem data-start=\"163\" data-end=\"202\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"whitespace-normal\"\u003eHeart the Lover\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e is a deeply affecting exploration of first love and lasting regret.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"272\" data-end=\"645\"\u003eAs a college senior, our narrator is drawn into the dazzling orbit of Sam and Yash brilliant, charismatic, and inseparable. Together, they create a world of intellectual intensity, quick wit, and late-night card games, where friendship and desire blur into something far more complicated. What begins as connection soon deepens into a love that refuses to follow the rules.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"647\" data-end=\"929\"\u003eYears later, she has built a successful life as a writer, with a husband and children and a sense of stability hard-won. But when an unexpected encounter brings her past rushing back, she is forced to reckon with the passions, choices, and secrets that have quietly shaped her life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"931\" data-end=\"1130\"\u003eTender, thoughtful, and suffused with longing, this novel shortlisted for the \u003cspan class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"whitespace-normal\"\u003eWomen's Prize for Fiction 2026 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003ecaptures the enduring power of first love and the ways it echoes across a lifetime.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lost in the Reads","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52893450109275,"sku":null,"price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0956\/5628\/0411\/files\/ChatGPTImageApr25_2026_12_49_36PM.png?v=1777460109","url":"https:\/\/lostinthereads.co.uk\/products\/heart-the-lover-by-lily-king","provider":"Lost in the Reads","version":"1.0","type":"link"}