100,000+ Books, Games & Puzzles in-stock 🇳🇿

Overnight NZ-wide delivery on all in-stock orders 🚀

Love Between the Lines

Brief Description
Eat, Pray, Love meets No Reservations in this romcom about a younger man and an older woman on a mission to find themselves again, set in several of the major landmarks of the Philippines. Katharina Bautista—or Katha, which is also the Filipino word for fiction or... Read More
Format: Paperback / softback
$2800
Pre-order
Releases 4th August 2026 (Approx. Date) Pre-order  "Love Between the Lines" now to secure your copy from our first shipment

Found a better price? Request a price match

Book Hero Magic formatted this description to make it easier to read. While it's new and still learning, it may not be perfect - your feedback is welcome! Description

Eat, Pray, Love meets No Reservations in this romcom about a younger man and an older woman on a mission to find themselves again, set in several of the major landmarks of the Philippines.

Katharina Bautista—or Katha, which is also the Filipino word for fiction or art—is 37 years old. She has no money, no job prospects, and she's a burden to her brother. And she's frightened. But this was a problem of her own making. She did, after all, break up with her ER surgeon fiancé who was willing to support her.

Meanwhile, Nick Malvar, lead vocalist of the up-and-coming indie band Word Warlords, has been in love with his best friend's older sister since high school and had believed all this time that she's way out of his league. Until recently, when he found out about her broken engagement.

Katha has every reason not to give Nick a chance. He's her younger brother's best friend, for one—she was practically his older sister! He's younger than her by seven years. He's the quintessential bad boy with the tattoos, the budding drinking problem, and the non-traditional job. Not to mention that he's got a long list of ex-lovers. It's a recipe for disaster!

What Katha needs is a fresh start—not an exciting whirlwind romance. But is she really too old to choose her own happiness?

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9789815266146

Publisher: Penguin Random House SEA

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 04 August 2026

Country: Singapore

Imprint: Penguin Random House SEA

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 1.0mm

Width: 1.0mm

Height: 1.0mm

Weight: 1g

Pages: 394

About the Author

Mica De Leon is a Filipino author of swoony romance comedy novels and SFF novels. She has won the Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature in 2019 and 2022 for her essays on romance, feminism, history, fantasy, and the Filipino identity in the aftermath of martial law and the 2022 presidential elections in the Philippines. She has published five books with Penguin Random House Southeast Asia, out of which Love on the Second Read (2023) was longlisted for The Asian Prize for Fiction in 2023 and has been translated into Indonesian by Penerbit Baca and Korean by HansaeYes24 Foundation.

Also by Mica De Leon

View all

More from General Fiction

View all

Why buy from us?

Book Hero is not a chain store or big box retailer. We're an independent 100% NZ-owned business on a mission to help more Kiwis rediscover a love of books and reading!

Service & Delivery

Service & Delivery

Our warehouse in Auckland holds over 80,000 books, toys, board games and puzzles in-stock so you're not waiting for your order to arrive from overseas.

Auckland Bookstore

Auckland Bookstore

We're primarily an online store, but for your convenience you can pick up your order for free from our bookstore, which is right next door to our warehouse in Hobsonville.

Our Gifting Service

Our Gifting Service

Books make wonderful thoughtful gifts and we're here to help with gift-wrapping and cards. We can even send your gift directly to your loved one.