Imprint: Bedford Square Publishers
Harlowe could use a break. With his academic future over, just like his relationship with Jackson, a suspiciously cheap summer rental on the Cape feels like just the escape he needs.
But when he arrives at the picturesque seaside cottage, he’s alarmed to find his discouraging old professor in the living room, his father making coffee in the kitchen, a mysterious young man fixing a hole in the wall, and worst of all, Jackson is in the bathroom. None of them will leave. No one else can see them. And they just won’t leave him alone.
But Harlowe soon realises he isn’t the only one who can see the house’s magic, and as the summer grows hot and thick with tourists, old wounds and fresh secrets – both in and outside its walls – begin to transform him. And that mysterious man seems almost to be everywhere he looks now… not that he’d want it another way.
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RRP: £9.99
ISBN: 9781835015452
Published: June 4, 2026
Extent: 320 pages
RRP: £6.99
ISBN: 9781835015469
Published: June 4, 2026
‘Underhill writes with such sensitivity and care, infusing this achingly real story with just the right amount of magic. I fell head over heels for Harlowe, Nathan, and their entire multigenerational community of queer misfits (cat included). It’s the kind of book that feels like home. A brand-new all-time favorite’ Becky Albertalli, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Simon vs the Homo Sapiens Agenda
Harlowe could use a break. With his academic future over, just like his relationship with Jackson, a suspiciously cheap summer rental on the Cape feels like just the escape he needs.
But when he arrives at the picturesque seaside cottage, he's alarmed to find his discouraging old professor in the living room, his father making coffee in the kitchen, a mysterious young man fixing a hole in the wall, and worst of all, Jackson is in the bathroom. None of them will leave. No one else can see them. And they just won't leave him alone.
But Harlowe soon realises he isn't the only one who can see the house's magic, and as the summer grows hot and thick with tourists, old wounds and fresh secrets – both in and outside its walls – begin to transform him. And that mysterious man seems almost to be everywhere he looks now... not that he’d want it another way.
"The House of Now and Then" was written by Edward Underhill.
Edward Underhill grew up in the suburbs of Wisconsin, where he could not walk to anything, so he had to make up his own adventures. He studied music in college, spent several years living in very small apartments in New York, and currently resides in California with his partner and a talkative black cat. He is the author of several young adult novels including Always the Almost and This Day Changes Everything, and The In-Between Bookstore was his first book for adults.