Come Together

She can't read his mind. He can't read hers. But you can read both. The iconic '90s rom-com from the number-one bestselling authors. 
 
Dating in the 90s sucks. Men are from Mars, women are from Venus and no one is getting a call after the first date. 
 
Meet Jack: twenty-seven-year old commitment-phobe and serious partier. He tried love – it didn’t work out. So why bother, when being single is this much fun? Right? 
 
Meet Amy: while she’s stuck in dead-end temp jobs, her friends are settling down and her mother is despairing of her. It’s time to sort things out and make a change. 
 
Now find out what happens when they meet each other. They don’t want the same things, they’re caught up in the whirlwind of distractions offered by 1990s London and they can only communicate by landline – do they have a chance? 
 
*Josie and Emlyn's brilliant new time-travel rom-com You & Me and You & Me and You & Me is available now.* 
 
‘Their characters live and breathe’ Sunday Times 
 
‘Endearing and addictive’ Heat 
 
‘Brilliantly written and wittily observed’ Daily Express

You & Me & You & Me & You & Me comes exactly twenty-five years after the publication of real-life couple Josie Lloyd and Emlyn Rees’ first co-written novel, the number one Sunday Times bestseller, Come Together, which was translated into twenty-seven languages and made into a film by Working Title. Josie and Emlyn have continued to write both separately and together and live with their kids and dog by Brighton beach, but sadly they haven’t discovered a hole in the space time continuum in their garden shed – or at least not yet.

She can't read his mind. He can't read hers. But you can read both. The iconic '90s rom-com from the number-one bestselling authors. 
 
Dating in the 90s sucks. Men are from Mars, women are from Venus and no one is getting a call after the first date. 
 
Meet Jack: twenty-seven-year old commitment-phobe and serious partier. He tried love – it didn’t work out. So why bother, when being single is this much fun? Right? 
 
Meet Amy: while she’s stuck in dead-end temp jobs, her friends are settling down and her mother is despairing of her. It’s time to sort things out and make a change. 
 
Now find out what happens when they meet each other. They don’t want the same things, they’re caught up in the whirlwind of distractions offered by 1990s London and they can only communicate by landline – do they have a chance? 
 
*Josie and Emlyn's brilliant new time-travel rom-com You & Me and You & Me and You & Me is available to pre-order now.* 
 
‘Their characters live and breathe’ Sunday Times 
 
‘Endearing and addictive’ Heat 
 
‘Brilliantly written and wittily observed’ Daily Express

Josie Lloyd

Emlyn Rees

Mail on Sunday, *Books to Look Out For 2026*

Midlife time travel, Brighton, parenting, music, love, nostalgia, mistakes and multiverses! It's all in here! ..explores the power of decisions we don't even know we're making, and the power of now. Thought provoking, moving and really really funny

A clever, bittersweet take on love, regret and second chances

You & Me & You & Me & You & Me serves up a heart-warming insight into love after your happily ever after. I loved the sci-fi take on an everyday love that’s worth fighting for

Engrossing, bittersweet and nostalgic

A grown-up romance that captures the beauty of not only finding your person but holding on to them. Throw in some time travel, great music, and ’90s nostalgia, and you have an unforgettable read. I loved this book

Laurie Gilmore, author of Sunday Times Bestseller, PUMPKIN SPICE CAFÉ

Evening Standard, Books You Must Read in 2026

A funny, heartfelt and thoughtful exploration of love, choices and second chances

Beneath its clever construct and the romp of likeable people and whipsmart dialogue, lie layers and layers of emotional intelligence… it’s funny, it’s moving and it asks questions we all have: if we could stop time and turn back the clocks what would we do differently?

Witty, relatable, and packed full of nostalgia - I can’t think of two better authors to project us back in time to the 90s. Readers new and old will find a lot to love about this story

Paige Toon, Sunday Times bestselling author of WHAT IF I NEVER GET OVER YOU

Warm, witty and thought provoking, You & Me & You & Me & You & Me is exactly the Gen X, Back To The Future-style romp we’ve all been waiting for!

The best treat... funny, heart-wrenching, clever, thought provoking

A pacy rom-com fraught with ethical dilemmas that bops along to its own catchy playlist

Such a fun story... I found this not only fascinating to read, but just pure escapism. And I think it makes you ask yourself many, many questions. About the past and what you might do differently and what you wouldn’t change at all...brilliantly written

If you read just one book this year, read this one — a time bending, high concept love story full of nostalgia and “what ifs”— I fell in love with these characters from the first page. One of the most original and moving love stories I’ve read

Sophie Cousens, bestselling author of IS SHE REALLY GOING OUT WITH HIM?

I loved this book. I don’t know when I’ve been more invested in a fictional relationship or felt so deeply the hopes and failures of people I’ll never meet. It’s a brilliant and heartfelt novel about how the mundane decisions of family life shape our futures. A perfect five star read

Annabel Monaghan, New York Times bestselling author of IT'S A LOVE STORY

If you’ve ever thought that music IS time travel… and you love nostalgia and/or quantum mechanics, then this is the love story for you. From the first time they press play and rewind through the decades you’re gripped and invested and wishing your dusty old tape deck would do the same. If stories could be DJ-ed, this would be a joyful mash-up of One Day, High Fidelity and Sliding Doors… A wonderful love letter to analogue times, to true love, and to feeling homesick for the past. Until of course we learn that time - like love - isn’t linear. This is a beautiful novel which will stay with you long after the last paragraph has faded out.

I was absolutely enchanted by this book… This genius, relatable, funny book should not be missed

One couple. One past. A million tomorrows. Adam and Jules have been married for 25 years when they discover a time machine in their shed - can it bring back their romantic spark? Or will it unravel everything? 
 
Meet Adam and Jules. Married for nearly twenty-five years and stuck in a rut, their future looks, well, boring. 
 
Then Adam stumbles across a pile of old mixtapes he and Jules made for each other when they were young and falling in love. He dusts off his vintage stereo, inserts one of the cassettes, presses play…and the unbelievable happens. 
 
With the power to travel back in time, he and Jules can revisit pivotal moments in their pasts. Is this the key to getting their sparkle back? They embark on an epic hunt through the multiverse for their perfect love story. But as they visit the past, they realise that time travel could be as dangerous as it is addictive, because the temptation to change just a few tiny things is irresistible. 
 
As the consequences start to spiral out of control, can they find a way back to their messy, imperfect, glorious real life? Or will they lose each other forever? 
 
Funny, heart-warming and honest, You & Me & You & Me & You & Me is a time travel rom-com with all the joyful hallmarks of an instant feel-good classic.

Emlyn Rees

Praise for You & Me and You & Me and You & Me

Funny, nostalgic and thoughtful

Midlife time travel, Brighton, parenting, music, love, nostalgia, mistakes and multiverses! It's all in here! ..explores the power of decisions we don't even know we're making, and the power of now. Thought provo ...

A clever, bittersweet take on love, regret and second chances

Funny, nostalgic and thoughtful

Midlife time travel, Brighton, parenting, music, love, nostalgia, mistakes and multiverses! It's all in here! ..explores the power of decisions we don't even know we're making, and the power of now. Thought provo ...

A clever, bittersweet take on love, regret and second chances

Funny, nostalgic and thoughtful

Midlife time travel, Brighton, parenting, music, love, nostalgia, mistakes and multiverses! It's all in here! ..explores the power of decisions we don't even know we're making, and the power of now. Thought provo ...

A clever, bittersweet take on love, regret and second chances

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