The Unrequited Love Department

A Novel

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About the Book

From USA TODAY bestselling author Kristina Forest, a whimsical workplace romance with a light speculative twist, about a hopeful romantic in the Unrequited Love Department of Cupid & Associates who’s forced to team up with a cynical coworker after she releases secret love letters into the world.

Joy works in the Unrequited Love Department of Cupid & Associates, where she catalogs secret longings and unanswered letters from people around the world. She believes in love—despite the fact that it has never chosen her back. When a moment of heartbreak leads her to make a catastrophic mistake and leak confidential unrequited love letters, Joy risks exposing the most private feelings of strangers everywhere—and losing the job she loves.

Cynical, guarded, and entirely unimpressed by Joy’s optimism, Charles from the Solutions Department has spent years fixing other people’s romantic messes while refusing to believe in love himself. Assigned to help Joy recover the leaked letters, the two are forced into close quarters—and an unexpected partnership—on a road trip to intercept secrets before they land in the wrong hands.

Along the way, as they witness love in all its messy, hopeful forms, Joy and Charles find themselves drawn to each other. But with their outlooks on love so at odds, their journey puts their fragile connection to the test.

From “a fantastic storyteller” (Rachel Lynn Solomon, New York Times bestselling author), this tender, funny, and magical workplace romance celebrates taking risks, letting go of the past, and believing that love—when it finally arrives—might just be worth everything.

Appearances

JAN 4

7:00PM

In Person

Kristina Forest

In conversation with Alicia Thompson

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The New Romantics at Azalea Lodge Mead Botanical G

1300 S. Denning Dr.
Winter Park, FL 32789

JAN 5

7:00PM

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Kristina Forest

In conversation with Wale Okerayi - @theehottgirlbooks

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Kindred Stories at Holy Family HTX

3719 Navigation Blvd.
Houston, TX 77003

JAN 6

7:00PM

In Person

Kristina Forest

In conversation with Kennedy Ryan

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Bright Side Books at Junction West

310 S. West St.
Ste. 110
Raleigh, NC 27603

JAN 7

6:00PM

In Person

Kristina Forest

In conversation with Danielle Allen

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Resist Books

233 N. Sycamore St.
Ste. B
Petersburg, VA 23803

JAN 8

7:00PM

In Person

Kristina Forest

In conversation with Lauren Kung Jessen

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The Ripped Bodice

218 5th Ave.
Brooklyn, NY 11215

JAN 15

6:30PM

In Person

Kristina Forest

In conversation with Natasha Bishop

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Cupid's Bookshop at Venice Island Performing Arts

7 Lock St.
Philadelphia, PA 19127

APR 10

12:00AM

In Person

Kristina Forest

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5th Annual Conyers Book Festival

GA International Horse Park
1996 Centennial Olympic Pkwy NE
Conyers, GA 30013

About the Author

Photograph by Cassie Vu

Kristina Forest is the USA TODAY bestselling author of romance books for adults and teens. She earned her MFA in creative writing at The New School and she lives in New Jersey, where she can often be found rearranging her bookshelf.

Product Details

  • Publisher: Atria Books (January 5, 2027)
  • Length: 320 pages
  • ISBN13: 9781668221730

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Raves and Reviews

 “Forest makes their opposites-attract connection believable, showing how they balance each other out. The stakes are high as the messy realities of love and dating butt up against misfired magic. This charms.” —Publishers Weekly

“Forest’s latest romance is a charming winter romp that’s equal parts cozy, spicy, and heartwarming. Her characters are honest and genuine, and readers will appreciate the slow burn as Joy and Charles learn to be vulnerable with each other and themselves. Throw in a smidge of magical realism for a perfect snow-day read. A cute workplace romance with a tinge of the supernatural.” —Kirkus Reviews

“She’s sunshine (except with him) and he’s grumpy (except with her), which is just about my favourite dynamic in a romance. With warmth, wit and just a touch of magic, The Unrequited Love Department is such a delight.” —Sangu Mandanna, New York Times bestselling author of The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches

“The Unrequited Love Department is a grumpy-sunshine tour de force that’s achingly romantic and wonderfully whimsical. I couldn’t put it down.” -Talia Hibbert, New York Times bestselling author of Get a Life, Chloe Brown

"The Unrequited Love Department is an absolute knockout: a unique premise, an intriguing cast of characters, and a captivating plot that will have you breezing through the pages! Consider me thoroughly charmed by this sweet and whimsical novel about two seemingly polar opposites learning what it means to love and be loved." -Mia Sosa, USA Today Bestselling author of When Javi Dumped Mari 

"I can always count on Kristina Forest to craft a romance that will have me swooning and grinning from ear to ear. The Unrequited Love Department strikes true with fun banter, forced proximity, and two opposites with chemistry impossible to ignore. I loved watching optimistic Joy and grump (and maybe even secret softie!) Charles fall for each other!" - Etta Easton, author of The Love Simulation 

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