Love, Just In

Sydney TV news reporter Josie Larsen is approaching thirty and coming dangerously close to failing at life. Lost in a vortex of other people's career milestones, engagement parties, and baby showers, Josie is perennially single, abandoned by her globetrotting family, and invisible to her boss—except for the one time he tuned in while she was mid-panic-attack on live TV. As punishment, Josie is shipped off to cover another reporter's six-month leave at a regional bureau in Newcastle.

But Josie has more waiting for her in Newcastle than yawn-inducing stories about bicycle lane protests. The city is also the domain of Zac Jameson—her best friend since high school. This should be a happy turn of events, but Zac has barely spoken to Josie for the past two years. Not since a tragic event caused him to leave Sydney to try and cope with his grief.

Now thrown back into each other's lives, Josie and Zac have to navigate their neglected friendship and secret attraction to each other while struggling with their careers and mental health.

Hilarious, sexy, and heartwarming, this is the perfect romcom to sit on the shelves alongside Emily Henry, Sally Thorne, and Ali Hazelwood.

'Natalie Murray has written a delightful and heartfelt rom com about career, friendship, and confronting your deepest fears. Flirty, fun, and realistic, Love, Just In is a sizzling story with real depth. Natalie Murray has written a page-turning friends-to-lovers romance with a local setting which is an ideal summer read!' Steph Vizard, author of The Love Contract

'Australia's answer to Emily Henry, Natalie Murray has written the rule book on sweet to sexy. Love, Just In is the ultimate summer read.' Karina May, author of Never Ever Forever

Love, Just In is catnip for friends-to-lovers fans. Natalie Murray imbues her characters with honesty, depth, and an aching amount of heart as they navigate their changing relationship. Rich with sparkling banter and the kind of inside jokes that can only happen between the best of friends, Love, Just In is an irresistible slow burn that sizzles on every hastily turned page.' Amy Hutton, author of Sit, Stay, Love

'Clever, witty, and the perfect amount of steamy, Love Just In is an addictive friends-to-lovers story, the ultimate summer read.' Ali Berg and Michelle Kalus, authors of Fancy Meeting You Here

'If you like your romance bubbly and believable, full of brewing chemistry and building to an epic pay-off, Natalie Murray has got you.' Clare Fletcher, author of Five Bush Weddings

'Love, Just In will break your heart—then mend it. Beautifully written, tender, and funny, it's a story I won't ever forget.' Penelope Janu, author of Shelter from the Storm