Dear Jane: Conversations in love

By: Maddie Ngo

If you could talk to someone forever, would that be love?

Gigi has lived abroad since she was young - Vietnamese by blood, shaped by every country that has asked her to become a slightly different version of herself. She is funny, strange, brilliant, impossible to place, and far better at making people laugh than letting them see what hurts.

Carlton Lancaster has spent his whole life becoming exactly the sort of young man old English institutions know what to do with. Polished. Brilliant. Controlled. A philosophy student at Wycliffe, a rower, a golden boy with a future already waiting for him.

Then Gigi walks into his life with absurd questions, strange stories, terrible timing, and the kind of attention that makes a person feel dangerously seen.

What begins as banter in dining halls and late-night conversations in libraries becomes something neither of them can easily name.

What does it mean to be known by another person - and still remain partly hidden?

Set against the beauty and pressure of an old English university, Dear Jane is a literary romance about first love, grief, class, cultural displacement, and the private language two people build when they cannot stop talking to each other.

It is for readers who love emotionally intelligent romance, campus love stories, sharp banter, slow-burn intimacy, complicated heroines, and love stories that feel less like a fantasy and more like a memory you once survived.

Early readers said:

"Gigi is funny, strange, wounded, clever, and so alive. She feels like a girl you know and a girl you wish you had been."

"Carlton and Gigi reminded me of what first love actually felt like - not perfect, but consuming, awkward, tender, and unforgettable."

"This book made me believe again that the sexiest thing in the world is someone wanting to understand your mind."

"A love story for anyone who has ever wanted to be chosen without having to become easier to love."

Perfect for readers who love literary romance, campus romance, emotional slow burn, first love, coming-of-age fiction, sharp banter, multicultural heroines, Vietnamese female protagonists, old English university settings, complicated women, restrained men who unravel, and love stories about grief, identity, belonging, and the kind of connection that begins with one impossible conversation.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0H1J258Y7
• ISBN13: 9798196472930
• Release Date: May 2026
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 421 Pages
• Weight: 1.07 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 1.1" x 5.5"