Book Club Boyfriend

De: Jenny Holiday

In this simmering enemies-to-lovers romance, a divorced actress invites the surly writer who rejected her to live in her pool house when they both find themselves at a crossroads.

Producer Blair Kellermoon is having a rough time of it. She’s newly divorced, her youngest kid is off to college, and the movie project of her heart has just fallen apart. Oh, and she’s still stinging from being publicly humiliated by literary novelist Jack Branksome, who declined her offer to feature his debut novel in her popular “Books with Blair” book club. Blair was Hollywood’s rom-com queen in her acting days, but she’s having trouble navigating this phase of life. She needs a win. And some company—she’s not too proud to admit that she’s lonely.

Jack Branksome doesn’t mind being called a jerk. If having standards makes you a jerk these days, he’ll wear it as a badge of honor. What Jack’s not used to is writing to deadlines. After the runaway success of his first novel, all eyes are on him, and he’s genuinely afraid he won’t be able to deliver. But when he has to apologize to Blair for yet another gaffe and they begin texting, she surprisingly becomes the only person he can confide in about his fears. When she impulsively invites him to finish his book while living in her pool house, the idea should be everything he hates: sunny California skies and an even sunnier California hostess. But maybe some of her annoyingly chipper, can-do attitude will rub off on him. Or maybe some time spent reading and writing with Blair will change everything.