Impossible

Shortlisted for the 2022 Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction

Shortlisted for the RNA Fantasy Romantic Novel 2023

Shortlisted for the Comedy Women in Print Prize 2023

‘Utterly delightful’ NEW YORK TIMES
‘I feel the same way as when I first read One Day’ EMMA GANNON
‘[A] humdinger of a love story’ SUN
‘Holy s**’ GILLIAN MCALLISTER

The book with the IMPOSSIBLE twist – read it to believe it …
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One day, NICK and BEE cross paths over a misdirected email. The connection is instant, electric, they feel like they’ve known each other forever.

Nick buys a new suit, gets on a train. Bee steadies her nerves, gets a pep talk from her best friend Leila. This is it.

Except it isn’t.

Because as they prepare to meet under the clock at Euston station, the universe throws in a twist you’d never see coming . . .

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Number 1 Kindle bestseller the w/e 02/05/2022*

‘I laughed, I cried, I raved about it. I will definitely read it again’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘Absolutely loved this gorgeous, intelligent and suspenseful romance’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘It’s so good I’ve bought an extra two copies to give to my closest friends!’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘My only advice is to read it’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘Pure escapism and a brilliant read’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘Reminded me of Matt Haig's The Midnight Library in both cleverness and engaging warmth. My book of the year so far’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘So, so entertaining. I absolutely adored it’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘Plotted to perfection with characters that almost jump off the page, Impossible is something very special indeed’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘What an incredible book! Smart, funny, and completely compelling’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

“'Holy s. This book. I loved everything about it. The zingy dialogue, the romance, the suspense. The alternate history . . . It's a love story of the greatest kind' GILLIAN MCALLISTER 'Some books become cultural touchstones that people bond over for years, like One Day or The Time Traveller's Wife. You remember where you were when you read them, and how you felt. Impossible is one of those books' LAURA PEARSON 'What an absolute joy of a book! Witty, engaging and so emotionally resonant, IMPOSSIBLE is the book we all need right now!' SARAH PINBOROUGH 'It is amazing, NEVER EVER EVER IN MY LIFE HAVE I WISHED I'D WRITTEN A BOOK SO MUCH. I am BAWLING. Bawling. An actual masterpiece' ANSTEY HARRIS 'Brilliant! I devoured every page. Warm, witty and original' SARAH MORGAN 'An absolutely addictive read . . . I was swept away by Bee and Nick's impossible love story and I was utterly hooked from the start. Genuinely unputdownable' JENNIFER SAINT 'I have DEVOURED Impossible and I'm going to go as far as to say I think it's one of the best rom coms I have ever read. It's so funny, so original, so beautifully mad - I am seething with envy that I didn't write it myself' SOPHIE COUSENS 'It is indeed amazing. It has twisted my brain - in a good way - and made me wonder how much of it could be true. Ingenious and beautifully executed' JILL MANSELL 'Oh my goodness . . . Funny, unique, moving and complex - Lotz has taken an utterly fascinating premise and placed two wonderfully witty people at its heart' CESCA MAJOR 'My mind is officially blown . . . What a book! Breathtakingly original, clever and unputdownable. A work of total genius' SARAH J HARRIS 'It knocked my socks off! Such a ridiculously clever, hilarious read with characters so real, I'll never forget them. One of the best, most original love stories I ever read' JESSICA RYN”

‘Holy s. This book. I loved everything about it. The zingy dialogue, the romance, the suspense. The alternate history . . . It’s a love story of the greatest kind’ GILLIAN MCALLISTER

‘Some books become cultural touchstones that people bond over for years, like One Day or The Time Traveller’s Wife. You remember where you were when you read them, and how you felt. Impossible is one of those books’ LAURA PEARSON

'What an absolute joy of a book! Witty, engaging and so emotionally resonant, IMPOSSIBLE is the book we all need right now!’ SARAH PINBOROUGH

‘It is amazing, NEVER EVER EVER IN MY LIFE HAVE I WISHED I’D WRITTEN A BOOK SO MUCH. I am BAWLING. Bawling. An actual masterpiece’ ANSTEY HARRIS

‘Brilliant! I devoured every page. Warm, witty and original’ SARAH MORGAN

‘An absolutely addictive read . . . I was swept away by Bee and Nick’s impossible love story and I was utterly hooked from the start. Genuinely unputdownable’ JENNIFER SAINT

‘I have DEVOURED Impossible and I'm going to go as far as to say I think it's one of the best rom coms I have ever read. It's so funny, so original, so beautifully mad – I am seething with envy that I didn't write it myself’ SOPHIE COUSENS

‘It is indeed amazing. It has twisted my brain – in a good way – and made me wonder how much of it could be true. Ingenious and beautifully executed’ JILL MANSELL

‘Oh my goodness . . . Funny, unique, moving and complex – Lotz has taken an utterly fascinating premise and placed two wonderfully witty people at its heart’ CESCA MAJOR

‘My mind is officially blown . . . What a book! Breathtakingly original, clever and unputdownable. A work of total genius’ SARAH J HARRIS

‘It knocked my socks off! Such a ridiculously clever, hilarious read with characters so real, I'll never forget them. One of the best, most original love stories I ever read’ JESSICA RYN

Sarah Lotz is a screenwriter and award-winning novelist whose previous work has been translated into over twenty languages. She lives on the Welsh borders with her family and far too many rescue dogs.

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