“my biggest dream is that there will be pride in the streets of tehran”

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CONFESS

Words can be all-powerful, as these three couples discovered. They reveal the romantic and unusual ways books brought them together…

Bestselling author Bolu Babalola is back with her hotly anticipated new novel, Sweet Heat . It’s three years after their intense breakup, and Kiki has worked hard to forgive her first love, Malakai. They’re about to see each other again for the first time at the engagement party of their respective best friends, Aminah and Kofi, as none other than maid of honour and best man. Read on for an exclusive insight into the moment they lock eyes, during Kiki’s speech about her best friends at the event in London...

WHETHER YOU’RE HOME OR AWAY THIS SUMMER, HERE ARE SIX NOVELS THAT BRING THE DESTINATION TO YOU

Novelist Amanda Smyth and her partner were aligned on never wanting children, until, at 40, she felt a deep and non-negotiable desire to reverse that decision. She explains how she navigated the path that took her in a new direction