Elle has the chance of a lifetime to write a movie set in New York City. The only problem? Her recent writer’s block.

When Elle returns to NYC, she finds her new neighbour to be none other than handsome tech billionaire Parker Warren. The same guy she had a disastrous hook up with two years ago. When seeing him again leads to a night of hate-fuelled writing, Elle realises he might just be her twisted muse.

Parker needs a fake relationship to help secure a business deal. Elle needs to test date spots for her screenplay. So, they make a deal.

Summers always end, and so will this agreement. It’s all pretend. Until it isn’t.

Tropes : Billionaire romances / Forced proximity / Neighbours / Fake dating / Rivals-to-lovers / Slow burn / Spice

Summer in the City – Alex Aster – 9781526680587

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Willow is having quite the year One moment she’s checking off life’s milestones – the steady partner, the successful career, the grown-up house – the next she isn’t, questioning where it all went wrong.

With her life transformed beyond recognition, and friends busy ‘moving forwards’, Willow has never felt more alone. But she’s in good company. And when inspiration arrives from an unlikely place – opening Willow’s eyes to a new way of living – she rekindles the most important relationship of all: the one with herself …

Table for One – Emma Gannon – 9780008382773

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🔥🔥🔥Not every relationship makes it out of university. But Kiki and Malakai were supposed to be forever. Everything was perfect, until it all went up in flames.

Three years after their epic break-up, Kiki’s worked hard to forget her first love. But just as she thinks she’s got her life under control – jumping into the distractions of her romance-by-calendar-invite boyfriend, and plans for her best friend, Aminah’s, wedding – Kiki’s career implodes, the family business teeters on collapse, and Malakai returns . .

As Malakai takes up his role as Best Man opposite her Maid of Honour, suddenly Kiki can think of nothing else. Their simmering chemistry, what went wrong, and why it is now impossible to act normal around each other. Juggling a new job, the prospect of her parents’ restaurant being sold, and keeping her best friend from going full bridezilla, dealing with The Ex is the last thing she needs.

But somehow the spark between them is only getting hotter. And threatening to ruin everything. They just have to get through the wedding. So why does it feel like playing with fire?

Heart-melting, hilarious and completely addictive, Bolu Babalola does it again. 💖

Sweet Heat – Bolu Babalola – 9781472286475

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Maybe having a few enemies on the school run means you’re doing something right. Florence knows all about failure. After a dismal end to her 2000s girlband career, she’s moping around West London, single, broke and unfulfilled. The only things she’s proud of are her increasingly elaborate nail art choices – and her ten-year-old son, Dylan. But when Alfie Risby, Dylan’s bitter class rival and the child heir to a frozen foods empire, mysteriously vanishes on a school trip, Dylan becomes a prime suspect. Florence has to get her act together, find the missing boy and clear her son’s name or risk losing him forever. The only problem? She doesn’t have any detective skills, she’s not exactly popular at the school gates and she’s just found Alfie’s backpack hidden under Dylan’s bed…

All The Other Mothers Hate Me – Sarah Harman – 9780008698034

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In the summer of 1980, astrophysics professor Joan Goodwin begins training to be an astronaut at Houston’s Johnson Space Center, alongside an exceptional group of fellow candidates: Top Gun pilot Hank Redmond; mission specialists John Griffin and Lydia Danes; warmhearted Donna Fitzgerald; and Vanessa Ford, the magnetic and mysterious aeronautical engineer.

As the new astronauts prepare for their first flights, Joan finds a passion. And a love she never imagined and begins to question everything she believes about her place in the observable universe. Then, in December of 1984, on mission STS-LR9, everything changes in an instant.

Atmosphere – A Love Story – Taylor Jenkins Reid – 9781804941430

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Olive is ready to spend the weekend celebrating her best friend’s wedding. That is until one ghost from her past shows up. Nate is everything the old Olive always wanted, but was never what she needed. Their past situationship had a bad ending, and she’s spent the last few years trying to get over him. Keyword trying. Navigating the weekend will be difficult, not only because Nate’s there-seemingly around every corner-but because Olive’s now-boyfriend has joined the party. And he doesn’t know anything about Olive and Nate’s history.

Not a Friend – Taylor Hannah – 9798992990317

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Eve is a successful novelist who wakes up one day in a hospital bed with no memory of how she got there.

Her husband, never far from her side, explains that she has had an operation to remove the large, malignant tumour growing in her brain. As Eve learns to walk, talk, and write again — and as she wrestles with her diagnosis, and how and when to explain it to her beloved children — she begins to recall what’s most important to her: long walks with her husband’s hand clasped firmly around her own, family game nights and always buying that dress when she sees it.

Recounted in brief anecdotes, each one is an attempt to answer the type of impossible questions recognizable to anyone navigating the labyrinth of grief.

This extraordinary novella is a celebration of life, shot through with warmth and humour – it will both break your heart and put it back together again.

What Does It Feel Like? – Sophie Kinsella – 9781804999264

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The happily ever after is only part of the story…

It’s the day before her daughter’s wedding and things are not going well for Gail Baines. First thing, she loses her job – or quits, depending who you ask. Then her ex-husband Max turns up at her door expecting to stay for the festivities. He doesn’t even have a suit. Instead, he’s brought memories, a shared sense of humour – and a cat looking for a new home. Just as Gail is wondering what’s next, their daughter Debbie discovers her groom has been keeping a secret…

As the big day dawns, the exes just can’t agree on what’s best for Debbie. Gail is seriously worried, while Max seems more concerned with whether to opt for the salmon or prime rib at the reception, if they make it that far.

The day after the wedding, Gail and Max prepare to go their separate ways again. But all the questions about the future of the happy couple have stirred up the past for Gail. Because ‘happy’ takes many forms, and sometimes the younger generation has much to teach the older about secrets, acceptance and taking the rough with the smooth.

Three Days in June – Anne Tyler – 9781529940220

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When Sadie Brooks unexpectedly loses her marketing job, she flees New York City to spend the summer with her best friend in small-town Texas. Joining his Dungeons & Dragons campaign is the perfect distraction while she plans her next steps. In the game, she becomes Jaylie, a powerful human cleric blessed by the Goddess of Luck. But in real life, Sadie believes her luck has run out. Until she meets Noah Walker. He is the outgoing bartender roped into joining their party as Loren, an adventurous and charismatic lute-strumming elf.

Just as Jaylie finds herself succumbing to the bard’s charms over the course of their party’s travels, Sadie also begins to fall under Noah’s spell. Their relationship progresses in both worlds. But Sadie wonders if what they have might last beyond the game. But like his travelling bard character, Noah never stays in one place for long.

When a new opportunity arises in New York, Sadie must face the truth about why she lost her job in the first place. And whether she and Noah have found something in Texas worth staying for. She’s torn between her career dreams in the city and the exciting uncertainty of a new adventure. Therefor, she will have no choice but to roll the dice.

Roll for Romance – Lenora Woods – 9781529446432

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Desperate to rekindle her creativity, a young painter named Ro retreats to a dusty, haunted Victorian house in the hopes that solitude will summon her muse. Instead she finds something else entirely–something watching, whispering, waiting in the dark. As her agents’ calls go unanswered and the pressure to produce mounts, Ro becomes entangled in a twisted romance with a mysterious presence that promises passion, purpose… and perhaps possession.

What begins as inspiration tangos toward infatuation–and then becomes something far more dangerous. This toxic descent into madness is like an A24 horror film by way of Jennifer’s Body and is ensorcelled in a slow-creeping sense of dread. The Me You Love in the Dark flirts with Faustian themes and offers a chilling look at the price of creation–and what we’re willing to surrender for our deepest passions.

The Me You Love In The Dark – Skottie Young & Jorge Corona – 9781534321144

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