Main Characters: you've never read a love story like this one

· Hachette UK
Ebook
416
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This book will become available on July 9, 2026. You will not be charged until it is released.

About this ebook

Clara and Seb are about to fall in love.
They don't know it yet.
But everybody else does.

When Clara and Seb meet in a quiet corner of London, it's the start of something. She wants to be a director. He's an actor, unsure what he wants from life.

Their connection is magnetic. Everyone can see that falling in love looks something like this. But when Clara casts Seb in the film that will make her name, what should be the happiest time of their lives ends with a gut-wrenching betrayal.

Some love stories are bigger than just two people. This one is told through the eyes of friends, flatmates, exes and strangers who see all the sides of Seb and Clara, from their first date to the moment they fell apart.

Everyone has their version of events. But only Clara and Seb can decide how their story ends...

This is a love story, told by everyone but the main characters.

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PRAISE FOR BOBBY PALMER

'Unique, tender and funny' Pandora Sykes
'Like nothing I've ever read before' Stylist
'Sublime' Bryony Gordon
'An utter sparkler of a novel' Sunday Independent
'Heart-wrenching yet oddly soothing, this is utterly beautiful' Prima

About the author

Bobby Palmer is both an author and journalist. His critically acclaimed debut novel, Isaac and the Egg, was a Waterstones Paperback of the Year in 2022; his second novel Small Hours was published in 2024. Bobby co-hosts the podcast Book Chat with Pandora Sykes and his writing has appeared in GQ, Esquire, Men's Health, Cosmopolitan amongst others. He lives with his family in Sussex.

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