Book Lovers -- Emily Henry

<b>"One of my favorite authors."<br>--Colleen Hoover <p/>Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2022 by Oprah Daily &#8729; Today &#8729; <i>Parade</i> &#8729; <i>Marie Claire</i> &#8729; Bustle &#8729; PopSugar &#8729; Katie Couric Media &#8729; Book Bub &#8729; SheReads &#8729; Medium &#8729; <i>The Washington Post</i> &#8729; and more! <p/>An insightful, delightful new novel from the #1 <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>Beach Read</i> and <i>People We Meet on Vacation</i>. <p/>One summer. Two rivals. A plot twist they didn't see coming...</b> <p/> Nora Stephens' life is books--she's read them all--and she is <i>not</i> that type of heroine. Not the plucky one, not the laidback dream girl, and especially not the sweetheart. In fact, the only people Nora <i>is</i> a heroine for are her clients, for whom she lands enormous deals as a cutthroat literary agent, and her beloved little sister Libby. <p/> Which is why she agrees to go to Sunshine Falls, North Carolina for the month of August when Libby begs her for a sisters' trip away--with visions of a small town transformation for Nora, who she's convinced needs to become the heroine in her own story. But instead of picnics in meadows, or run-ins with a handsome country doctor or bulging-forearmed bartender, Nora keeps bumping into Charlie Lastra, a bookish brooding editor from back in the city. It would be a meet-cute if not for the fact that they've met many times and it's never been cute. <p/> If Nora knows she's not