Consider Yourself Kissed - Stanley Jessica

'Likely to be one of the big love stories of 2025' THE SUNDAY TIMES, Books to Look Out for in 2025'Joyful . . . I loved it!' GOOD HOUSEKEEPING, Books to Watch in 2025'I absolutely loved every moment and didn't want it to end!' LIANE MORIARTY, internationally bestselling author of BIG LITTLE LIES'Clever, joyful, familiar, and so funny' NINA STIBBE, author of LOVE, NINA'A deeply appealing and winning novel' MEG WOLITZER, New York Times bestselling author of THE INTERESTINGS'Ringingly original and just absurdly good' CATHERINE NEWMAN, New York Times bestselling author of WE ALL WANT IMPOSSIBLE THINGS'I'm annoyed I didn't write this book myself' MADELEINE GRAY, author of GREEN DOT‘So astonishingly clever, but with a core of love. I adored it’ DAISY BUCHANAN, author of INSATIABLE‘Consider me smitten’ CHRIS POWER, author of A LONELY MAN‘A marvel of a book that I will never stop thinking about’ ORE AGBAJE-WILLIAMS, author of THE THREE OF US'Sweet and tender' PANDORA SYKES, author of HOW DO WE KNOW WE'RE DOING IT RIGHT?‘I loved it, I loved them, I already know I will read it again’ ELLA RISBRIDGER, author of MIDNIGHT CHICKEN'An exhilarating read, a marvel of a book' RUMAAN ALAM, author of LEAVE THE WORLD BEHIND‘The platonic ideal of reading experiences!’ LIZZY STEWART, author of ALISON‘A true treasure of a novel' ASHLEY AUDRAIN, internationally bestselling author of THE PUSH‘Oh, how I loved and empathised with Coralie!’ JENNIE GODFREY, Sunday Times bestselling author of THE LIST OF SUSPICIOUS THINGS‘I cried when I read the last page... I was bereft that it was over’ CLAIRE DEDERER, author of MONSTERS‘I was grinning like an idiot for the first forty pages, and crying for the next forty’ EMMA HEALEY, million-copy bestselling author of ELIZABETH IS MISSING'So well-drawn it was like peering through someone’s kitchen window' CLAIRE DAVERLEY, author of TALKING AT NIGHT***What happens when you find love, but life keeps getting in the way?When she first meets Adam, Coralie is new to London and feeling adrift. But Adam is clever, witty, and – he insists – half an inch taller than the average British male. His charming four-year-old daughter, Zora, only adds to his appeal.And yet ten years on, something important is missing from the life Coralie and Adam (though let’s face it, mostly Coralie) have built. Or maybe, having gained everything she dreamed of, Coralie has lost something she once had: herself.Set against an eventful decade that included the soap opera of five Prime Ministers plus Brexit and Covid, Consider Yourself Kissed puts the subjects of love and family on a grand stage, bringing to life how the intimate drama in our homes inescapably competes for energy and attention with the shared drama of our times.Consider Yourself Kissed is a captivating portrait of a woman in love which effortlessly balances sweetness with bite, the public with the personal, and humour with heart.***‘A love song to women everywhere’ ANNABEL MONAGHAN‘A book about falling in love to fall in love with’ LISA OWENS‘I absolutely raced through this novel. One of those books you’ll want to give all your friends once you’ve finished’ CLAIRE POWELL'I was so invested in the story that I became Coralie!' SANAM MAHLOUDJI'A proper grown-up love story' BETH MORREY‘Beautiful and life-affirming’ ARAMINTA HALL