Beach ReadFROM THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF PEOPLE WE MEET ON VACATION AND BOOK LOVERS! A romance writer who no longer believes in love and a literary writer stuck in a rut engage in a summer long challenge that may just upend everything they believe about happily ever afters. Augustus Everett is an acclaimed author of literary fiction. January Andrews writes bestselling romance. When she pens a happily ever after, he kills off his entire cast.

each had been hired to run one of couture’s most storied houses

from southern India to New York City (he a Christian

Would any of these other lives truly be better

traveling from the time of our Founders

and economics

charting every mistake and punishing him accordingly to help him improve

With the help of his superior officer

and deeply reported

the guilt of the Patna remains

She had lived a lie for thirteen years

Known for her original designs and sage advice

Sarah and Little Bee might expect never to see each other again