In the soft-lit hum of a small English town in the late 1970s, where polyester reigns and repression hangs thick in the air, two girls find each other across the shelves of a struggling record shop. Nora Whitman is the sensible one: bookish, buttoned-up, and quietly counting the days until she can leave suburbia behind. Charlie Green is all chaos and cheekbones: a sharp-tongued ABBA devotee with a talent for zine-making, a rainbow collection of band tees, and an unshakable belief that disco can save your life.

When a fumbled ABBA lyric and a shared enemy in the town's resident moral crusader spark an unlikely friendship, Vinyl Haven becomes their refuge, equal parts glitter bunker and cultural rebellion. Amid dodgy electrics, clandestine mixtapes, and one increasingly flamboyant co-worker named Elliot, Charlie and Nora transform their corner of the world into something loud, defiant, and defiantly them.

From school hall disasters and post-punk dance parties to late-night zine printing and one ill-advised glitter cannon, their connection deepens, funny, fumbling, and achingly real. But with family expectations tightening and old secrets rising like needle scratches on a favourite record, love might not be enough to keep the beat going. As Pride comes to their sleepy village and a long-forgotten kiss comes back in a letter from Paris, Charlie and Nora must decide whether their duet was just a one-hit wonder… or the start of something legendary.

With a cast of queer misfits, well-meaning chaos goblins, and a local scandal or five, Vinyl Vows: ABBA’s Last Dance is a love letter to secret crushes, chosen family, and the glittery resistance of queer joy in quiet places. Spanning 1978 to 1983, this is a story of zines and slow dances, of first love in all its awkward magic, and of the songs that say what we can’t.

Perfect for fans of Heartstopper, High Fidelity, and anyone who ever danced alone to “Dancing Queen” and pretended it didn’t mean something.

Vinyl Vows: ABBA’s Last Dance is a standalone romance in the Soundtracks of Our Love series, where music makes the moment, and love makes it unforgettable.