Available just in time for summer! YA from G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers
“A sweet and summery beach read.” – Publishers Weekly
“A fast-paced enemies-to-lovers romance will keep readers turning the pages…A summer romance that’s a delightful read in any season.” – Kirkus Reviews
From the author of Some Girls Do comes a YA sapphic romance about two girls from different sides of the tracks.
Cass has a rule about dating summer girls—just say no. Every year, her idyllic beach town is flooded with summer girls, the obnoxious daughters of the rich, who stay in their families’ summer homes, sail their yachts, and generally make things unbearable for townies like Cass. Birdie is the ultimate summer girl. She’s the daughter of a wealthy real estate developer dad and a social media influencer mom, and this summer Birdie happens to be in big trouble for accidentally crashing her boyfriend’s very expensive car.
Birdie’s punishment is to spend the summer with her father at the beach—but it won’t be a vacation. He’s enlisted the help of Cass, whose dad works for him, to keep Birdie on the straight and narrow, including getting her a job as a parking lot attendant at the public beach where Cass lifeguards. At first the girls despise each other. But as the summer heats up, Birdie surprises Cass in more ways than one, and both girls can’t help but wonder: Are some rules are made to be broken?
GENTRIFICATION AND THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING CRISIS: A major thread of the story hinges on the conflict between Birdie’s wealthy real estate developer family and Cass’s work at the Affordable Housing Coalition, which aims to keep people in their homes and preserve their community.
SIZZLING SUMMER ENEMIES-TO-LOVERS SAPPHIC ROMANCE: Jennifer Dugan returns to the contemporary, will-they-won’t-they romance genre with the depth that readers loved in Some Girls Do.
TOPICS & THEMES: beach read, sapphic romance, gentrification, affordable housing crisis, enemies-to-lovers.
Coming June 12th from Berkley
A Rare Find by Joanna Lowell – Giveaway
#HistoricalRomance #LGBT #Adult
When an aspiring archaeologist teams up with her childhood enemy for a treasure hunt, they find it impossible to bury their growing feelings, in a charming queer historical romance from the author of A Shore Thing.
Elfreda Marsden has finally made a major discovery—an ancient amulet proving the Viking army camped on her family’s estate. Too bad her nemesis is back from London, freshly exiled after a scandal and ready to wreak havoc on her life. Georgie Redmayne is everything Elfreda isn’t–charming, popular, carefree, distractingly attractive, and bored to death by the countryside. When the two collide (literally), the amulet is lost, and with it, Elfreda’s big chance to lead a proper excavation. Now Elfreda needs new evidence of medieval activity, and Georgie needs money to escape the doldrums of Derbyshire. Joining forces to locate a hidden hoard of Viking gold is the best chance for them both.
Marsdens and Redmaynes don’t get along, and that’s the least of the reasons these enemies can’t dream of something more. But as the quest takes them on unexpected adventures, sparks of attraction ignite a feeling increasingly difficult to identify as hatred. It’s far too risky to explore. And far too tempting to resist. Elfreda and Georgie soon find that the real treasure comes with a steep price… and the promise of a happiness beyond all measure.
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