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A Love Like the Sun

The tender and unforgettable romantic debut for 2025
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'Extraordinary... a raw, vulnerable, breath-stealing love you can feel as you read' Emily Henry 'Dazzling, tender, and romantic' Carley Fortune We've always been best friends... but what if we were more? Laniah and Isaac have been best friends since childhood, and they couldn't be more different.... Read More
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Brimming with chemistry, A Love like the Sun is the perfect slow-burn, friends-to-lovers romance about falling in love and second changes. Perfect for fans of Tia Williams and Emily Henry.

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'Extraordinary... a raw, vulnerable, breath-stealing love you can feel as you read' Emily Henry

'Dazzling, tender, and romantic' Carley Fortune

We've always been best friends... but what if we were more?

Laniah and Isaac have been best friends since childhood, and they couldn't be more different. She's a homebody who runs a small natural hair store with her mum. He's an international influencer with the paparazzi on his tail.

When Isaac comes home for the first time in months and discovers Laniah and her mum are struggling to keep their business afloat, she refuses to take a dime from him. And so, he does what any self-respecting best friend would do: tells the world they're dating.

Suddenly business is booming, and Laniah reluctantly agrees to pretend to be lovers for the course of the summer. Just long enough to catch the eye of an investor and get her dream back on track.

But as the lines between what's real and pretend blur, it becomes harder and harder to see where friendship ends and something else begins....

Brimming with chemistry, A Love Like the Sun is the perfect slow-burn, friends-to-lovers romance about falling in love and second chances. Perfect for fans of Tia Williams and Emily Henry.

'Beautifully crafted and achingly tender... A must read!' Kristina Forest, author of The Partner Plot

'A poetic, sexy, and intimate portrait of falling in love... I absolutely devoured the best friends-to-lovers dynamic' Jessica Joyce, author of You, With a View

'Sexy, heartwarming and soulfully human, Riss M. Neilson's stunning adult debut is an homage to home, family, love, and the fears that hold us back from our destiny' Shirlene Obuobi, author of On Rotation

'A truly remarkable, achingly tender, and deliciously sexy romance that will stick with me for years to come' Mazey Eddings, author of The Plus One

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781398721654

Publisher: Orion Publishing Co

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 11 June 2024

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Orion

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 28.0mm

Width: 128.0mm

Height: 196.0mm

Weight: 260g

Pages: 368

About the Author

Riss M. Neilson is a magna cum laude graduate of Rhode Island College, where she won the English department's Jean Garrigue Award, which was judged by novelist Nick White. Her debut young adult novel, Deep in Providence, was a 2022 finalist for the New England Book Awards, and her forthcoming novel I'm Not Supposed to be in the Dark is set to publish in 2023. She is from Providence and lives for the city's art and culture scene. When she's not writing, she's watching anime or playing video games with her two children. A Love Like the Sun is her adult debut.

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