Beach Read

January Andrews is a romance author who no longer believes in love. Following her father's death, a discovery shatters her belief in happily-ever-afters, leaving her with writer's block and a secret beach house she never knew existed. Her plan is to spend the summer selling the house and forcing out a new manuscript. The one thing she doesn't plan for is Augustus "Gus" Everett, her former college rival and an acclaimed author of literary fiction, moving in next door. He is cynical, serious, and everything her romantic heroines are not.

Broke, uninspired, and completely stuck, they strike a deal to overcome their creative slumps. January will attempt to write a dark, serious novel, and Gus will try his hand at a story with a happy ending. He'll take her on interviews for his research into a local death cult, and she'll take him on a series of rom-com-worthy field trips. They will finish their books and no one will fall in love. What begins as a writing challenge becomes an exploration of their own stories, forcing them to confront painful truths about their pasts and question everything they thought they knew about life and each other.