Forty Love : the BRAND NEW hilarious, uplifting and relatable mid-life rom-com, perfect for fans of Alexandra Potter and Milly Johnson

Author: Costello, Jane

Lancashire

Published on 5 May 2026 by Hodder & Stoughton (Hodder Paperback) in the United Kingdom.

Paperback | 336 pages, N/A
197 x 130 x 25 | 238g

It's never too late for a comeback!Single mum Jules lives next to a tennis club, but has no plans to play. Especially when her old school crush, handsome doctor Sam Delaney, returns thirty years after he left and is now displaying a killer forehand in direct view of her bedroom window.

But when she's hit by an unprecedented wave of anxiety - brought on by her 19-year-old daughter's solo trip around the world - she's in urgent need of a distraction and rashly agrees to join an amateur women's tennis team. They are desperate for players. The fact that she doesn't really play doesn't seem to matter . . .

As rallies are hit and friendships are formed, Jules is astonished to find herself in the grip of a passionate, all-consuming relationship . . . and not only with the tennis. But will these sexy encounters she keeps stumbling into with Sam put her on course to a devastating double fault?