The Best Thing That Never Happened To Me

One boy + one girl = two sides to this love story...

Brilliantly written and laugh-out-loud funny!

What a gorgeously funny book! I loved Alex and Holly, and you will too

The Best Rom-Com That's Happened To Me This Year!

Sharp, honest and very, very funny. I absolutely loved it

Laugh-out-loud funny, with a bit of nostalgia thrown in.

Funny, refreshingly unclichéd tale... will strike a chord with even the hardest of hearts.

A great read . . . had me on tenterhooks right until the end

Laura and Jimmy became mates while studying journalism at Sheffield University, so sitting in pubs talking about life and love is something they've been doing for the last ten years. Now they’re writing books together they just take their laptops and write it all down, but little else has changed. Jimmy still tells Laura off for always being late, and Laura can still drink Jimmy under the table. 
 
Their friendship survives because Laura makes tea exactly how Jimmy likes it (he once took a picture of his perfect brew on Laura’s phone so she can colour match it for strength) and because Jimmy noted Laura’s weakness for custard creams and stocks up accordingly. 
 
Laura Tait is a writer for Shortlist and Stylist magazines and Jimmy Rice is a freelance journalist. Both live in London. 
 
Follow them on Twitter at @LauraAndJimmy.

Everyone remembers their first love. 
Holly certainly remembers Alex. But she decided ten years ago that love wasn’t about mix tapes and seizing the moment – though she’s not exactly sure it’s about secret dates with your boss, either. 
But what if the feelings never really went away? 
Alex wants to make every moment of his new job count. It’s a fresh start in a big city, and he’s almost certain that moving to London has nothing to do with Holly. Almost. 
How do you know if it was meant to be… or never meant to happen at all? 
A brilliantly funny, feel-good story of first love, second chances and everything inbetween, perfect for fans of romantic comedies like Love Actually, Notting Hill and Bridget Jones.

Laura Tait

Jimmy Rice

I absolutely loved it. Made me laugh and cry in equal measure.

Romantic and funny with a heart-stopping twist - we adored it!

A love story, but also a study of the complex ecosystem of twentysomething friendship groups – there’s a lot here that will resonate

Both Laura and Jimmy excel at writing sharp, witty romantic comedy . . . The Night That Changed Everything is a funny, bittersweet, opposites attract story.

Ben and Rebecca - their lives, their friends, their relationship - are so cleverly and realistically drawn that you'll believe every line. There's also a cracking good plot! I honestly couldn't put it down.

This heartwarming book is a funny, brilliant read.

A thoroughly enjoyable anti-romcom which chronicles a breakup instead of a romance. Smart and funny

A brilliant story with an ending you won't expect.

Cleverly written [with] an ending you won't expect.

Funny and warm, the book's alternating his-and-hers chapters will keep you guessing about the fate of their relationship until the end.

Rebecca is the only girl she knows who didn't cry at the end of Titanic. Ben is the only man he knows who did. Rebecca’s untidy but Ben doesn’t mind picking up her pieces. Ben is laid back by Rebecca keeps him on his toes. They're a perfect match. 
 
Nothing can come between them. Or so they think. 
 
When a throwaway comment reveals a secret from the past, their love story is rewritten. 
 
Can they recover from the night that changed everything? And how do you forgive when you can’t forget? 
 
The Night That Changed Everything is a funny, feel-good and bittersweet story, told in alternate chapters by Laura Tait and Jimmy Rice.

The Night That Changed Everything

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I absolutely loved it. Made me laugh and cry in equal measure.

Romantic and funny with a heart-stopping twist - we adored it!

A love story, but also a study of the complex ecosystem of twentysomething friendship groups – there’s a lot here that will resonate

I absolutely loved it. Made me laugh and cry in equal measure.

Romantic and funny with a heart-stopping twist - we adored it!

A love story, but also a study of the complex ecosystem of twentysomething friendship groups – there’s a lot here that will resonate

I absolutely loved it. Made me laugh and cry in equal measure.

Romantic and funny with a heart-stopping twist - we adored it!

A love story, but also a study of the complex ecosystem of twentysomething friendship groups – there’s a lot here that will resonate

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