**Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2022 by Oprah Daily ∙ Today ∙ *Parade* ∙ *Marie Claire* ∙ Bustle ∙ PopSugar ∙ Katie Couric Media ∙ Book Bub ∙ SheReads ∙ Medium ∙ *The Washington Post* ∙ and more!

An insightful, delightful new novel from the #1 *New York Times* bestselling author of *Beach Read* and *People We Meet on Vacation*.

One summer. Two rivals. A plot twist they didn't see coming…**

Nora Stephens' life is books-she's read them all-and she is *not* that type of heroine. Not the plucky one, not the laidback dream girl, and especially not the sweetheart. In fact, the only people Nora *is* a heroine for are her clients, for whom she lands enormous deals as a cutthroat literary agent, and her beloved little sister Libby.

Which is why she agrees to go to Sunshine Falls, North Carolina for the month of August…