Summer in the City (Deluxe Limited Edition): A Novel

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From #1 New York Times bestselling author Alex Aster comes her adult debut novel Summer in the Cityâa swoony, fast-paced rom-com set in New York City in which a screenwriter and a sexy tech CEO go from lovers to enemies and back to lovers againâŠ
Twenty-seven-year-old screenwriter Elle has the chance of a lifetime to write a big-budget movie set in New York City. The only problem? Sheâs had writerâs block for months, and her screenplay is due at the end of the summer.
In a desperate attempt at inspiration, Elle ends up back in the city she swore she would never return to, in an apartment she could never afford (floor-to-ceiling windows, skyline views, and a new coffee shop to haunt included). Itâs the perfect place to write her screenplayâŠuntil she realizes her new neighbor is tech âBillionaire Bachelorâ Parker Warren, her stairwell hookup from two years ago. Itâs been a lovers-to-enemies situation ever since.
When seeing him again turns into a full night of hate-fueled writing, Elle realizes her enemy/twisted muse might just be the key to finishing her screenplay... if she can stand being around her polar opposite. She writes anonymously, and heâs on the cover of every business magazine. He frequents fancy red carpeted events, and she doesnât like leaving her emotional support five block radius.
One summer. One wall apart. He needs to fake a buzzy relationship during his companyâs precarious acquisition. She needs to write a movie around a list of NYC locations. Both need a break from their unrelenting schedules, and a chance to rediscover the skyscraper glimmering, pizza crusted, sunlit charms of the city.
Summers always end, and so will this agreement. Itâs all pretend. Promise.
Until it isnât.
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