Head First: Escape into this sun-drenched rivals to lovers romance
By (Author) Claire Kershaw
Bonnier Books Ltd
Zaffre
9th September 2025
22nd May 2025
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary
813.6
Paperback
400
Width 129mm, Height 198mm
Sometimes you have to dive straight in...
Andi has learned to love her predictable life in Ohio. But when her marine biologist sister needs emergency surgery, Andi agrees to take Millie's place on the trip of a lifetime: scuba diving on the Great Barrier Reef. There's just one problem: Andi must pretend to be Millie the entire time.
But when Andi arrives in Cairns, she is horrified to learn that Hugh Harris - Millie's professional rival and extremely vocal social media critic - is also on-board. And he's very handsome. Perfect.
Somewhere between the sunsets and the beauty of the underwater world, Andi begins to question the mundanity of her life at home and whether she is capable of being the woman Hugh believes her to be.
But how can you truly fall for someone when they think you are someone else
I loved this sparkling and flirty take on the close-proximity trope, with warring marine biologists stuck together on a diving trip. With the sun-drenched setting this is the perfect holiday read, and I was rooting for hot hero Hugh and heroine Andi every fin-flip of the way. Emily Henry fans will love it! * Claire McCauley *
Claire has been diving for ten years, and her love for the ocean inspired many of the scenes in her debut novel, Head First. Since graduating from Emory University with a degree in English Literature, Claire has moved to the Pacific Northwest, where you can find her hiking, attempting to keep her houseplants alive, or obsessively reading NYT advice columns.