Yearning Difficulties

It's autumn in Lake Pristine! Discover the brand new standalone romance from Elle McNicoll, award-winning author of Wish You Were Her. Zella has just landed her dream student job as the co-host of a show on Radio Panache, Lake Pristine High School - if only she didn’t have to share the gig with her chauvinistic ex-boyfriend. Her classmate Killian seems shy, but has no qualms calling out Zella’s ex live on air - making Zella…

About Elle

Elle McNicoll is a bestselling and award-winning novelist and screenwriter. Her debut, A Kind of Spark, won the Blue Peter Book Award and the Overall Waterstones Children’s Book Prize, as well as Blackwell’s Book of 2020. She is a five time Carnegie nominated author, and was shortlisted for the Books Are My Bag Awards 2020, 2021, 2022, 2024, and 2025. She was also nominated for the Branford Boase Award 2020 and The Little Rebels Award 2020…
About Elle