While the world is ravaged by a global pandemic, hotshot NFL running back Evan Sparks is locked in his own personal hell. With a career-ending scandal on his back, Evan hides out in his best friend’s empty San Francisco home, the full city shutdown locking him in a lonely twenty-story apartment in the sky.
Romance writer Sadie Walsh is having the worst case of writer’s block ever…until the incredible, muscular stranger staying next door gets her muse going strong. The pair of loners, never expecting to find a friend in all the madness, meet each day out on their balconies like a modern-day Romeo and Juliet.
Each new day brings unique challenges for the pair as they navigate the unknown and find solace together. They quickly figure out that as long as they have one another, they can handle anything.
Even falling in love under quarantine.
~~~
Writing
together for the first time, New York Times bestselling authors Kylie
Scott and Audrey Carlan team up to tell a story that not only is a
beautiful escape during a trying time, but a true lesson on the power of
humanity’s ability to survive. Through a sexy, hopeful,
strangers-to-lovers romance, the authors prove with love, trust, and
faith, we can conquer anything.
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Review:
If you're meta and you know it, clap your hands!
This has to be the most meta romance I have ever read. It's the story of a romance writer who falls in love with the guy next door during quarantine, writing a romance novel about a girl who falls in love with the guy next door during quarantine.
Yeah.
Let's address the elephant in the room. This book is hugely relevant right now. The charming banter and sexytimes are interspersed with coronavirus-inspired moments that mostly everyone can relate to in these times. From pleading with parents to stay home to eerily empty streets, this is contemporary romance that takes 'write what you know' to another level. It's 'write what everyone knows' and it adds a layer of reality to what could well have been an overly-topical cash grab. Instead, it's an optimistic comfort read assuring us that though life is difficult right now, we can get through it together (even if lockdown love isn't on the cards for most of us!).
I have to say, as I was reading, it felt almost too meta and overly self-referential. As Sadie is a romance author, she knows and names all the tropes - in particular, insta-love - and notes how unrealistic it is. Due to the explicitly short timeframe, their relationship went from zero to sixty real quick. While I can understand that stressful situations lead to intense emotions, I didn't end up sold on a happily ever after once the lockdown lifts. I did however appreciate the clear communication and sincere apologies for screw-ups on both sides, so there's hope.
Nevertheless, if anyone wants to read about our current situation but with waaay more phone sex (and sensible physical distancing precautions), I can certainly recommend this book.
Four stars
Disclaimer: I received an ARC from the author via Social Butterfly PR; all opinions are my own
Meet the Authors
About Kylie Scott
Kylie is a New York Times and USA Today best-selling author. She was voted Australian Romance Writer of the year, 2013, 2014 & 2018, by the Australian Romance Writer’s Association and her books have been translated into eleven different languages. She is a long time fan of romance, rock music, and B-grade horror films. Based in Queensland, Australia with her two children and husband, she reads, writes and never dithers around on the internet.
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About Audrey Carlan
Audrey Carlan is a #1 New York Times and International bestselling author. Her titles have appeared on USA Today and the Wall Street Journal. Audrey writes wicked hot love stories that have been translated in over thirty different languages across the globe. She is best known for the world-wide bestselling series Calendar Girl and Trinity.
She lives in the California Valley where she enjoys her two children and the love of her life. When she's not writing, you can find her teaching yoga, sipping wine with her "soul sisters," or with her nose stuck in a steamy romance novel.
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