Heart the Lover

By Lily King

Categories: Literature & Fiction

Heart the Lover (2025) is the sixth novel by Lily King, author of Euphoria and Writers & Lovers, published by Grove Press. It follows a campus love triangle that reignites years after graduation. Jordan, a novelist, looks back on her college entanglement with two inseparable friends, the brilliant Sam and the charming Yash. Out of touch for years, the three are reunited by a crisis, forcing Jordan to face intimacy, commitment, grief and motherhood.

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