{"product_id":"heart-the-lover-lily-king","title":"Heart the Lover by Lily King | A Novel of First Love \u0026 Second Chances","description":"\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"You knew I'd write a book about you someday.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e So begins Lily King's achingly beautiful new novel, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHeart the Lover\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e—a story that captures the dizzying heights of young passion and the long, haunting echoes of the choices we make. An Indie Next List Top Pick for October 2025 and a finalist for the Women's Prize for Fiction, this is King at her very best \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.bookweb.org\/print\/1632164\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.sunjournal.com\/2026\/04\/22\/portland-author-finalist-for-womens-prize-for-fiction\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbout This Book\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn her senior year of college, our unnamed narrator finds herself drawn into the orbit of two brilliant young men from her 17th-Century Literature class: Sam and Yash. Best friends living in a professor's elegant house on sabbatical, they invite her into their intoxicating world of academic fervor, rapid-fire banter, and raucous card games where \"Heart the Lover\" is the name they give to the King of Hearts \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.bostonglobe.com\/2025\/09\/23\/arts\/lily-king-heart-the-lover\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. They nickname her Jordan, and she soon discovers the pleasures of friendship, love, and her own intellectual ambition.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBut youthful passion is unpredictable. She soon finds herself at the center of a charged and intricate triangle—one that will alter three lives forever \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/acorn.biblio.org\/eg\/opac\/record\/4639054?qtype=subject;query=Insects%20Juvenile%20literature.;copy_limit=50;copy_offset=50;expand=summaryplus\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDecades later, Jordan is living the life she dreamed of: a successful writer, happily married, raising two young boys. But when a surprise visit and unexpected news brings the past crashing into the present, she is forced to confront the decisions and deceptions of her younger self \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/catalog.johnstonlibrary.com\/Mobile\/Search\/Details\/1.298076\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhy Pakistani Readers Will Love It\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLily King has a gift for making you feel everything—the thrill of first love, the agony of miscommunication, the weight of secrets carried for decades. Structured in three parts spanning thirty years, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHeart the Lover\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a sweeping, emotionally devastating, and soulfully wise novel about friendship, forgiveness, and the transformative nature of second chances \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.bostonglobe.com\/2025\/09\/23\/arts\/lily-king-heart-the-lover\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. It is literary without pretension, emotional without sentimentality.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eKey Themes\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFirst love and its lifelong echoes\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFriendship, loyalty, and betrayal\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe weight of choices made in youth\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLove, loss, and the possibility of forgiveness\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe writer's journey and creative ambition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWho Should Read This Book\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFans of Lily King's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWriters \u0026amp; Lovers\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (this book has a delightful connective thread to that beloved novel) \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/acorn.biblio.org\/eg\/opac\/record\/4639054?qtype=subject;query=Insects%20Juvenile%20literature.;copy_limit=50;copy_offset=50;expand=summaryplus\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eReaders who love Taylor Jenkins Reid, Ann Patchett, and Curtis Sittenfeld\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBook clubs seeking a rich, discussion-worthy read\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnyone who believes that the loves of our youth never truly leave us\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"BookBeen","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":52808380907829,"sku":null,"price":625.0,"currency_code":"PKR","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":52808380940597,"sku":null,"price":1225.0,"currency_code":"PKR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0972\/1731\/5125\/files\/CopyofBookBeen_58_19ff2872-37d5-45d7-8960-a72aaefdf97e.png?v=1777629523","url":"https:\/\/bookbeen.com\/products\/heart-the-lover-lily-king","provider":"Bookbeen","version":"1.0","type":"link"}