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She found the right guy at the dead wrong time . . .
When thirty-year-old post-double-mastectomy BRCA1 carrier and reluctant thrill-seeker Alison Mullally arrives at her ex-boyfriend Sam’s funeral to discover that no one knows he dumped her, she agrees to play the grieving girlfriend over the holidays for the sake of the family. Little did she know this would mean packing up Sam's apartment with his prickly best friend, Adam Berg. After all, it'll only take four weekends . . .
But Adam doesn’t want Alison anywhere near him. Forced to spend long hours with the grump and his monosyllabic demeanor, Alison decides to put her people-pleasing abilities to the test. She will make him like her. And after awkward family affairs, snowy mishaps, and packing up dilemmas, the two form a tenuous friendship . . . if "friendship" means incredible chemistry and sexual tension. Can Alison come clean and finally embrace the life and love she's always wanted? Or will her little white lie get in the way of her new, unexpected romance?
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OverDrive Listen audiobook
- ISBN: 9780593865064
- File size: 278688 KB
- Duration: 09:40:35
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Languages
- English
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Reviews
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June 24, 2024
Debut author Palmer delivers an emotionally resonant grumpy/sunshine romance. Alison Mullally’s boyfriend Sam Lewis broke up with her, then died in a car accident six weeks later. When she attends the funeral, Sam’s family assumes that they were still together when he was killed and his sister Rachel, the only one who knows the truth, begs her to go along with it. As a result, Alison is tasked with packing up Sam’s condo with his gruff friend Adam Berg—who definitely doesn’t want her help, for reasons Alison doesn’t understand. Over the course of four weekends, though, Alison and Adam form a tentative friendship, which rapidly morphs into sizzling chemistry both try—and fail—to resist. When Sam’s mother offers a family heirloom to Alison, she’s forced to come clean—while having a panic attack at his parents’ home. Alison makes for a deeply sympathetic heroine in a sticky situation. Adam, too, will tug at readers’ heartstrings as he juggles his attraction to Alison with his grief. Palmer also handles tough issues with grace, including Alison’s preventative double mastectomy after learning that she carries the BRCA-1 gene, and her all too understandable panic attacks. This packs a punch. -
December 6, 2024
Alison Mulally is 30 years old, in recovery from an elective double mastectomy due to the BRCA gene, and attending her ex-boyfriend Sam's funeral. She quickly realizes that Sam never told his parents they broke up, so, at the urging of his sister, she pretends that she and Sam were still together. Adam Berg was Sam's grumpy best friend, and somehow, he and Alison find themselves spending four weekends packing up Sam's condo. At first they don't get along, but eventually a tenuous friendship starts as they navigate grief, love, and living life on their own terms. Palmer's debut novel is both fun and flirty and packed with grief, loss, love, and learning to move on. Karissa Vacker narrates Alison as she navigates not only the grief from losing Sam but the grief and guilt that sometimes come with making important medical choices, all with the perfect amount of humor, hope, and tenderness. Vacker also effectively narrates Adam's change from a prickly, off-putting character to one who shows tenderness and vulnerability. VERDICT This is a romance with depth and heart.--Elyssa Everling
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