Sweet Heat

Name: Sweet Heat
Brand: Hachette New Zealand Ltd
SKU: 9781472286444
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The heart-melting new romcom from the bestselling author of Honey & Spice

By Bolu Babalola

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Sweet Heat 'Hilarious, hot and heartfelt' MEG CABOT 'Romantic, sexy, fun, delicious and important' MARIAN KEYES 'A triumph' BETH O'LEARY The most hotly-anticipated romcom of 2025, from the author of Reese's Book Club Pick and TikTok Book Awards winner Honey & Spice. Not every relationship makes... Read More

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The much-anticipated hilarious, spicy and addictive second novel from Sunday Times bestselling author Bolu Babalola - the follow up to Reese's Book Club and TikTok Book Club pick, Honey & Spice.

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Sweet Heat

'Hilarious, hot and heartfelt' MEG CABOT

'Romantic, sexy, fun, delicious and important' MARIAN KEYES

'A triumph' BETH O'LEARY

The most hotly-anticipated romcom of 2025, from the author of Reese's Book Club Pick and TikTok Book Awards winner Honey & Spice.

Not every relationship makes it out of university.

But Kiki and Malakai were supposed to be forever.

Everything was perfect, until it all went up in flames.

Three years after their epic break-up, Kiki's worked hard to forget her first love. But just as she thinks she's got her life under control - jumping into the distractions of her romance-by-calendar-invite boyfriend, and plans for her best friend, Aminah's, wedding - Kiki's career implodes, the family business teeters on collapse, and Malakai returns.

As Malakai takes up his role as Best Man opposite her Maid of Honour, suddenly Kiki can think of nothing else: their simmering chemistry, what went wrong, and why it is now impossible to act normal around each other.

Juggling a new job, the prospect of her parents' restaurant being sold, and keeping her best friend from going full bridezilla, dealing with The Ex is the last thing she needs. But somehow the spark between them is only getting hotter - and threatening to ruin everything.

They just have to get through the wedding, so why does it feel like playing with fire?

Heart-melting, hilarious and completely addictive, Kiki and Malakai return in this standalone second novel from Sunday Times bestselling author Bolu Babalola.

?? LOVE FOR BOLU BABALOLA'S WRITING ??

'Rarely is love expressed this richly, this vividly, or this artfully' CANDICE CARTY-WILLIAMS

'Bolu understands desire better than anyone else' ANNIE LORD

'Incisively funny' ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY

'Absolutely intoxicating' CASEY MCQUISTON

'Everything you could ever want from a romance and more - the vibes are simply immaculate' ZOELLA

'Babalola's writing shines' NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW

'Breathes new life into the genre with its vibrant characters and sexy, authentic voice' RED

'Romance will never be dead, as long as Bolu is writing it' JESSIE BURTON

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781472286444

Publisher: Headline Publishing Group

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 03 July 2025

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Headline Review

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 153.0mm

Height: 234.0mm

Weight: 600g

Pages: 496

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About the Author

Bolu Babalola is the author of the Sunday Times bestselling and Waterstones Book of the year shortlisted collection, Love in Colour and the Reese's Book Club Pick and TikTok Book of the Year novel Honey & Spice. She is a London based writer of books, scripts, culture pieces and retorts, specialising in stories of dynamic women with distinct voices who love and are loved audaciously.

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Honey and Spice

INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER - A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK - A TIKTOK BOOK CLUB PICK "Sexy, messy and wry, Honey and Spice more than delivers." -- New York Times Book Review "A vibrant debut novel . . . Babalola is incisively funny, capturing the kick and sweetness of her title with her words." -- Entertainment Weekly Named a Best Book...

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BOLU BABALOLA IS... "A queen of romantic comedy." - Oprah Daily - "Incisively funny." - Entertainment Weekly - "A really great romance writer." - Quinta Brunson, Harper's Bazaar - "Keeping the hope for true love alive and enjoyable." - Shondaland - "A rom-com expert." - New York Times A Rolling Stone Most Anticipated Book of Fall Two exes. One summer...

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Love in Colour

The Sunday Times Bestseller 'Perfection in short story form. So rarely is love expressed this richly, this vividly, or this artfully.' — Candice Carty-Williams 'Beautifully written and full of joy. Bolu Babalola is a star.' — Meg Cabot Bolu Babalola takes the most beautiful love stories from history and mythology and rewrites them with incredible new detail and vivacity in...

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A REESE'S BOOK CLUB AND TIKTOK BOOK CLUB PICK 'Hilarious, hot and heartfelt' MEG CABOT 'Gorgeously written and heart-meltingly romantic' BETH O'LEARY 'Romantic, sexy, fun, delicious and important' MARIAN KEYES Sisters, beware the 'Wasteman of Whitewell' . . . As host of the radio show Brown Sugar, Kiki Banjo's mission is to protect her listeners from heartbreak. Which puts Whitewell...

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