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Two best friends .

One missed chance .

And a night that changes everything.

Eve, Justin, Susie and Ed have been friends since they were eighteen. Now in their 30s, the four are still as close as ever, Thursday pub quiz night is still sacred, and Eve is still secretly in love with Ed.

Maybe Eve should have moved on by now, but she can’t stop thinking about what could have been. And she knows Ed sometimes thinks about it too.

Then one night, in an instant, all their lives change forever. And, as Eve learns she didn’t know her friends as well as she thought, she also discovers she isn’t the only person keeping secrets…

'Poignantly heartbreaking and, at others, genuinely hilarious' EMILY HENRY

'Brilliant on relationships, friendships and emotions… I loved, loved, loved this book’ MARIAN KEYES

‘Gorgeously romantic, as well as a story about friendship and grief and loss; I never wanted it to end’ BETH O’LEARY

‘A luminous, heart-achingly beautiful love letter to friendship’ JOSIE SILVER

Don’t miss this hilarious and heartbreaking romcom - one of Emily Henry’s five best romcoms of all time – from the internationally bestselling author, a heartwrenching story of love, friendship and secrets.

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'Everything [Eve] thought she knew—about Ed, about her friends, about herself—is thrown into question…McFarlane’s writing is at turns poignantly heartbreaking and, at others, genuinely hilarious.' Emily Henry, #1 bestselling author of Great Big Beautiful Life

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'It's a long time since I loved any book as much. She's so BRILLIANT on relationships, friendships and emotions. Her characters are nuanced, convincing and loveable…I loved, loved, loved this book’ Marian Keyes, #1 bestselling author of Grown-Ups

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'LAST NIGHT manages to be both genuinely heartbreaking and hilarious – that's how good Mhairi McFarlane is. It's a gorgeously romantic novel, as well as a story about friendship and grief and loss; I never wanted it to end’ Beth O’Leary, #1 bestselling author of The Flat Share

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'I cannot remember the last book I loved as much! It reminded me of Ralph’s Party, and also felt reminiscent of the friendship group in Bridget Jones. What a luminous, heart-achingly beautiful love letter to friendship’ Josie Silver, #1 bestselling author of One Day in December

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‘Mhairi writes absolutely brilliant romantic comedies, I just love her’ Jenny Colgan

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'A glorious, heartwrenching story and a beautiful love letter to female friendship' bestselling author Laura Kemp

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‘This mixes the author’s trademark humour with gut-punching emotion to create her best book yetFabulous

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‘Deliciously barbed banter is what we’ve come to expect from Mhairi McFarlane, but this story also centres on grief and loss with a thoughtful and deceptively light touchRed

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‘Mhairi McFarlane’s whip-smart romantic comedy is a compelling tale with real emotional depth, moving seamlessly from witty one-liners to serious issues’ Sunday Express

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‘An emotional character driven novel that will take you to places you never expected – McFarlane has done it again!Woman

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A real page-turnerBella

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Really rather brilliantBest

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