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Summer in the City
By (Author) Alex Aster
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
1st April 2025
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
Modern and Contemporary romance
Romance: the rich / famous / powerful
Narrative theme: Love and relationships
Paperback
304
Width 153mm, Height 234mm
'Hotter than the rest of your TBR' Cosmo From the New York Times bestselling author of the Lightlark series, this is Alex Aster's debut romance novel. Twenty-seven-year-old screenwriter, Elle, has the chance of a lifetime to write a big-budget movie set in New York City. The only problem Shes had writers block for months, and her screenplay is due at the end of the summer. In a desperate attempt at inspiration, Elle ends up back in the city she swore she would never return to, in an apartment she could never afford (floor-to-ceiling windows, skyline views, and a new coffee shop to haunt included). Its the perfect place to write her screenplay . . . until she realizes her new neighbor is tech 'Billionaire Bachelor' Parker Warren, her stairwell hookup from two years ago. Its been a lovers-to-enemies situation ever since. When seeing him again turns into a full night of hate-fueled writing, Elle realizes her enemy/twisted muse might just be the key to finishing her screenplay . . . if she can stand being around her polar opposite. She writes anonymously, and hes on the cover of every business magazine. He frequents fancy red-carpeted events, and she doesnt like leaving her emotional support five block radius. One summer. One wall apart. He needs to fake a buzzy relationship during his companys precarious acquisition. She needs to write a movie around a list of NYC locations. Both need a break from their unrelenting schedules, and a chance to rediscover the skyscraper-glimmering, pizza-crusted, sunlit charms of the city. Summers always end, and so will this agreement. Its all pretend. Promise. Until it isnt. Pure, steamy fun, and the perfect summer read! I adored every word, and I hope Alex Aster never stops writing romance!! Ali Hazelwood, author of The Love Hypothesis
This book is voicy, refreshing, and with two lovable lead characters who have the kind of chemistry that makes you never want to stop reading! Summer In The City is full of banter, sizzling, and so immersive, it made me feel like I was walking around New York. Pure, steamy fun, and the perfect summer read! I adored every word, and I hope Alex Aster never stops writing romance!! -- Ali Hazelwood, author of The Love Hypothesis
Alex Aster is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the TikTok sensation Lightlark and Nightbane and the Emblem Island series for children, inspired by her Colombian heritage. Summer in the City is her first romance novel.