She’ll take him on field trips worthy of any rom-com montage, and he’ll take her to interview surviving members of a backwoods death cult (obviously). Until, one hazy evening, one thing leads to another and they strike a deal designed to force them out of their creative ruts: Augustus will spend the summer writing something happy, and January will pen the next Great American Novel. In fact, the only thing they have in common is that for the next three months, they’re living in neighboring beach houses, broke, and bogged down with writer’s block. When she pens a happily ever after, he kills off his entire cast.

January Andrews writes bestselling romance. “A romance writer who no longer believes in love and a literary writer stuck in a rut engage in a summer-long challenge that may just upend everything they believe about happily ever afters.Īugustus Everett is an acclaimed author of literary fiction. But this doesn’t mean it was a frothy romance – the book tackles some weighty topics but the very witty banter between the likable hero and heroine kept the story from becoming too heavy. I don’t review many romances, but I was ready for a change of pace and Beach Read received such good reviews that it seemed like just the thing to satisfy my desire to lighten things up a bit. (This in no way affects the honesty of my reviews!) All commissions will be donated to the ALS Association.

As an Amazon Associate I earn a small commission from qualifying purchases at no additional cost to you. This post may contain Amazon Affiliate links. Beach Read is a smart romance that would, indeed, be a great book to read during your summer vacation.

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