"Destiny, crossing paths, the love of a lifetime, and a whole lot of pounding hearts and tumbling into arms, this contemporary romance tingles with the promise of a happy ending."
If you’re longing for a romantic read that fizzes with “what ifs”, tantalising close encounters, emotional conflict and a sense of destiny, Caroline Khoury’s debut It Must Be Love might just be your flute of bubbles.
With a well-paced narrative playing out in different timeframes — the here and now, and events leading up to the present for over a decade — the novel follows the simmering, slow-burn romance between Abbie and Oz, who met as students on a march. This chance encounter led to an unexpected evening of joy, with an idealistic “if it’s meant to be, it’ll be” notion left on the table when they part — Oz returns home to Istanbul and Abbie embarks on a legal career.
Then, years later, another chance encounter cements the bond between them, but their lives have moved on, they have other commitments and family issues to deal with. In short, it’s almost as if fate is conspiring against them. But as more times passes, and their liaisons see them connect in London, Istanbul, Beirut, Damascus, and Paris, it becomes all the more important for them to push fate aside and take control of their own destinies.
With a colourful cast of characters and plenty of sub-themes (post-natal depression, the conflict between wanting to make your family proud and do you own thing), It Must Be Love takes readers on an emotional rollercoaster that shows how some things are worth waiting for and pursuing to the end.
| Primary Genre | Modern and Contemporary Fiction |
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