"Library Journal's Romance Pick of May 2024!
Amazon Editors' Pick - Best Romance Books of August 2024!
"Heartfelt and romantic, Noué Kirwan has crafted an authentic love story about family-both born into and created-and the power of forgiveness that will stay with you long after you've read the last sentence." -Tracey Livesay, author of American Royalty
Her life is up in the air-literally…
Lanie Turner has some loose ends:
- A nearly complete PhD.
- A job she basically enjoys.
- And a lifelong crush…that she's almost gotten over.
On a trip to reunite with her family in England-and said crush, Jonah-Lanie intends to take care of one of those items. Her favorite cousin, Gemma, is engaged…to Jonah. And they want Lanie to be both their maid of honor and best "mate" at the wedding. It's the perfect opportunity to prove the pitying gazes wrong: she's over Jonah. Really.
As Lanie travels between New York City and London to help with wedding prep, she befriends her handsome seatmate. Dr. Ridley Aronsen-a widower and single father-who is prickly at first, but feisty Lanie reminds him of a more carefree time in his life. And after a steamy layover in Iceland, the pair take a direct flight from seatmates to lovers. Ridley even agrees to be her plus-one for the wedding. For once, everything seems to be falling into place.
But Lanie's used to getting hurt, and Ridley finds opening up difficult. How will a long-distance relationship even work once Lanie's back in NYC permanently? It's easy enough to let one more loose thread unravel…after all, life's problems seem tiny from thirty-five thousand feet in the air.
From the author of Long Past Summer and perfect for fans of Bolu Babalola, Preslaysa Williams, and Jill Santopolo, Noué Kirwan's next novel is a jetsetting treat for every armchair traveler."
""Kirwan's excellent debut brings charm, complexity, and plenty of heat…This mature, steamy romance will have readers swooning." -Publishers Weekly, starred review
"Noué Kirwan's exquisitely-written debut left me breathless."-Farrah Rochon, USA Today bestselling author of The Dating Playbook
"Long Past Summer is powerful."-Naima Simone, USA Today bestselling author
It's hard to move on from a broken heart-and harder to move on from a broken friendship.
Mikaela Marchand is living the polished life she always planned for: a successful New York lawyer, with a promotion in her sights and a devoted boyfriend by her side. She's come a long way from the meek teen she was growing up in small town Georgia, but the memory of her adolescence isn't far-in fact, it's splashed across a massive billboard in Times Square. An old photograph of Mikaela and her former best friend, Julie, has landed on the cover of a high-profile fashion magazine advertised all over the city. And when Julie files a lawsuit, Mikaela is caught in the middle as defense lawyer for the magazine.
Not only will she have to face Julie for the first time in years, Mikaela's forced to work closely with the photographer in question: the former love of her life--and Julie's ex-husband--Cameron Murphy. Mikaela needs to win the case to get her promotion--and as a junior partner, she has no margin for error. But unresolved feelings still exist between Cam and Mikaela, and jealousy always made Julie play dirty…
With flashbacks to summers of first loves and fragile friendships, Long Past Summer looks at the delicate and powerful thread that binds and breaks friends and flames.
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