Eight years. Two timelines. One coffee shop. A novel about the people we lose, the people we become, and the impossible pull of the love that made us.From the author of Yoga for Murderous Rage.
A novel about the people we lose, the people we become, and the impossible pull of the love that made us.
The woman who can close any deal — except the one with her own heart.
Reserved yet formidable. Ritualistic. Resilient. Funny. An exceptional lawyer at a global energy firm, whose razor-sharp mind hides unhealed wounds. It is keeping her alive and ruining her.
The stranger who became the storm.
Confident yet unpretentious. Empathetic. Colourful. Bright. Talkative. The Project Director for an energy project. Her client. He met Suri at a coffee shop in 2018 and never quite left. Eight years later, he uses a backup ID to break into her office.
The man finally ready to give her everything.
Self-aware yet conflicted. Intense. Charismatic. Relentless. Brighter than the sun, Rami asked her to marry him in a bar called the Oni Club. Loves her in a way that makes the absence of him impossible.
Pick a side. Lose either way.
Scroll to braid them together.
Suri encounters an exuberant, brightly dressed colleague recently seconded to Tensora's lower floors.
One of them sucks, one of them is brilliant. Since the latter refuses to play, they come in last.
Can you lose an argument against someone who is trained to win? Can you win if you still lose?
The end of a summer that refused to end.
Eight years later, Suri meets her past in her company's conference room.
If the song could transport you to the past, would you linger?
There are some mistakes that are forgivable, some that are not. Which ones does she have the strength to make, which ones does he have the strength to forgive?
What happens when the love you lost and the love you might deserve collide across a decade?
“A quietly intense emotional rollercoaster that felt incredibly real. I read it in one sitting and then immediately texted three people I shouldn't have.”
“The dual-timeline structure is wickedly good. Funny, sexy and beautifully heartbreaking, filled with raw emotion. The two halves keep talking to each other in ways you don't notice until page 200.”
“Suri is one of the best-written women in contemporary romance I've read this year. Sharp, funny, broken, unbreakable, devastating. The witty banter and poignant melancholy gripped my heart.”
“I do not normally read romance. A friend sent me a single page. I have now read it twice.”
“Team Kai. Team Rami. Team I-need-to-lie-down. Both choices are wrong and right at the same time.”
“Different feeling from her first book. Same fearlessness. A. Llahd writes like nobody is watching.”
“A quietly intense emotional rollercoaster that felt incredibly real. I read it in one sitting and then immediately texted three people I shouldn't have.”
“The dual-timeline structure is wickedly good. Funny, sexy and beautifully heartbreaking, filled with raw emotion. The two halves keep talking to each other in ways you don't notice until page 200.”
“Suri is one of the best-written women in contemporary romance I've read this year. Sharp, funny, broken, unbreakable, devastating. The witty banter and poignant melancholy gripped my heart.”
“I do not normally read romance. A friend sent me a single page. I have now read it twice.”
“Team Kai. Team Rami. Team I-need-to-lie-down. Both choices are wrong and right at the same time.”
“Different feeling from her first book. Same fearlessness. A. Llahd writes like nobody is watching.”
“Different feeling from her first book. Same fearlessness. A. Llahd writes like nobody is watching.”
“Team Kai. Team Rami. Team I-need-to-lie-down. Both choices are wrong and right at the same time.”
“I do not normally read romance. A friend sent me a single page. I have now read it twice.”
“Suri is one of the best-written women in contemporary romance I've read this year. Sharp, funny, broken, unbreakable, devastating. The witty banter and poignant melancholy gripped my heart.”
“The dual-timeline structure is wickedly good. Funny, sexy and beautifully heartbreaking, filled with raw emotion. The two halves keep talking to each other in ways you don't notice until page 200.”
“A quietly intense emotional rollercoaster that felt incredibly real. I read it in one sitting and then immediately texted three people I shouldn't have.”
“Different feeling from her first book. Same fearlessness. A. Llahd writes like nobody is watching.”
“Team Kai. Team Rami. Team I-need-to-lie-down. Both choices are wrong and right at the same time.”
“I do not normally read romance. A friend sent me a single page. I have now read it twice.”
“Suri is one of the best-written women in contemporary romance I've read this year. Sharp, funny, broken, unbreakable, devastating. The witty banter and poignant melancholy gripped my heart.”
“The dual-timeline structure is wickedly good. Funny, sexy and beautifully heartbreaking, filled with raw emotion. The two halves keep talking to each other in ways you don't notice until page 200.”
“A quietly intense emotional rollercoaster that felt incredibly real. I read it in one sitting and then immediately texted three people I shouldn't have.”
A. Llahd is a first-time writer whose work delves into the intricacies of human emotion, unspoken connections, and the tension that lingers between words. They draw on cultural nuance, quiet observation, and moments of stillness to shape their storytelling. When not writing, they find balance through travel, reading, yoga and an enduring love of tea. This is their debut work, offering readers a voice both intimate and resonant.
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