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Yearning Difficulties
- Author
- Elle McNicoll
- Narrator
- Charlie Sanderson
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Publish Date
- 8 October 2026
- Run Time
- 7 hours 27 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
It's autumn in Lake Pristine! Get ready to fall in love Yearning Difficulties, the fake-dating romance from Elle McNicoll, award-winning author of Wish You Were Her.
"I honestly loved this book so much . . . I swear this series gets better with every book!" - 5* reader review
"Always love a good romantic YA book especially one that has a cute fake dating scheme . . . Highly recommend!" - 5* reader review
"A fabulous romance" - 5* reader review
Zella is co-hosting the student radio show – which would be great if she didn’t have to share it with her horrible ex, Dave.
Her classmate Killian is brash, opinionated – and his mother happens to run the writing seminar of Zella’s dreams.
When Zella suggests he help her out by fake dating her, Killian sees an opportunity. He has his own reasons for getting close to Zella . . .
But when he starts to trip up on his own lies and their friendship begins to fracture, Zella might have to open her heart to the possibility that what she’s looking for has been there the whole time.
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Details
- Author
- Elle McNicoll
- Narrator
- Charlie Sanderson
- Duration
- 7 hours 27 minutes
- Release Date
- 8 October 2026
- ISBN
- 9781037402203
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Genre
- Children’s / Teenage fiction: Romance and love stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: General, modern and contemporary fiction, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Dating, relationships, romance and love
Synopsis
It's autumn in Lake Pristine! Get ready to fall in love Yearning Difficulties, the fake-dating romance from Elle McNicoll, award-winning author of Wish You Were Her."I honestly loved this book so much . . . I swear this series gets better with every book!" - 5* reader review"Always love a good romantic YA book especially one that has a cute fake dating scheme . . . Highly recommend!" - 5* reader review"A fabulous romance" - 5* reader reviewZella is co-hosting the student radio show – which would be great if she didn’t have to share it with her horrible ex, Dave.Her classmate Killian is brash, opinionated – and his mother happens to run the writing seminar of Zella’s dreams.When Zella suggests he help her out by fake dating her, Killian sees an opportunity. He has his own reasons for getting close to Zella . . .But when he starts to trip up on his own lies and their friendship begins to fracture, Zella might have to open her heart to the possibility that what she’s looking for has been there the whole time.
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