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Order now to receive the stunning DELUXE LIMITED EDITION--only available on the first printing while supplies last! This collector's hardcover features gorgeous sprayed edges with stenciled artwork, illustrated color endpapers, and special design features on the case. From #1 New York Times bestselling author Alex Aster comes her adult debut novel Summer in the City--a swoony, fast-paced contemporary rom-com set in New York City in which a screenwriter and a sexy tech CEO go from lovers to enemies and back to lovers again... Twenty-seven-year-old screenwriter Elle has the chance of a lifetime to write a big-budget movie set in New York City. The only problem? She's had writer's block for months, and her screenplay is due at the end of the summer. In a desperate attempt at inspiration, Elle ends up back in the city she swore she would never return to, in an apartment she could never afford (floor-to-ceiling windows, skyline views, and a new coffee shop to haunt included). It's the perfect place to write her screenplay...until she realizes her new neighbor is tech ""Billionaire Bachelor"" Parker Warren, her stairwell hookup from two years ago. This complicated lovers-to-enemies situation is about to get even worse. When seeing him again turns into a full night of hate-fueled writing, Elle realizes her billionaire enemy might just be the twisted muse she needs to finish her screenplay... if she can stand being around her polar opposite. She writes anonymously, and he's on the cover of every business magazine. He frequents fancy red carpeted events, and she doesn't like leaving her emotional support five block radius. One summer. One wall apart. He needs a fake relationship during his company's precarious acquisition. She needs to write a movie around a list of NYC locations. Both need a break from their unrelenting schedules, and a chance to rediscover the skyscraper glimmering, pizza crusted, sunlit charms of the city. This summer romance is just an agreement. It's all pretend. Promise. Until it isn't. Forced Proximity: He's her new neighbor in an apartment she can't afford, and her stairwell hookup from two years ago. Now they're just one wall--and a whole lot of unresolved tension--apart. Billionaire Romance: She's a screenwriter with writer's block; he's the ""Billionaire Bachelor"" on the cover of every business magazine. He needs a pretend girlfriend for a business deal, and she might just be desperate enough to play along. Opposites Attract: He attends red-carpet events while she prefers her emotional-support five-block radius. But this summer in the city, they might just be exactly what the other needs for inspiration. Second Chance Romance: Their first encounter was a disaster that left them as enemies. But with one summer to get things right, their hate-fueled writing sessions might just turn into something real.

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""This was a fun, stay-up-late-to-finish read! Elle and Parker have chemistry from the jump, but a combination of forced proximity and her hatred of him is fuel for witty banter, a long, slow burn and plenty of steam! I loved how Elle's true enemies-to-lovers journey is with New York City itself. Aster pays tribute to so many special NYC landmarks and experiences making the setting every bit a living character as the people in it."" -- Abby Jimenez, #1 New York Times bestselling author ""This book is voicy, refreshing, and with two lovable lead characters who have the kind of chemistry that makes you never want to stop reading! Summer In The City is full of banter, sizzling, and so immersive, it made me feel like I was walking around New York. Pure, steamy fun, and the perfect summer read! I adored every word, and I hope Alex Aster never stops writing romance!!"" -- Ali Hazelwood, #1 New York Times bestselling author ""Bestselling YA author Aster's adult debut (after the Lightlark Saga series) demonstrates that she's as talented at handling contemporary settings as building fantasy worlds. ... Aster builds their backstories and chemistry well, making this enemies-to-lovers arc believable. Meanwhile, their pretend dates take them on a whirlwind tour of famous New York sites, which will please armchair travelers. Aster should win a whole new group of fans with this."" -- Publishers Weekly ""Aster's (""Lightlark"" series) excellent adult debut, full of angst, steamy scenes, laugh-out-loud banter, absorbing storylines, and relatable characters, will be devoured by fans of Emily Henry."" -- Library Journal ""A superbly crafted, splendidly entertaining romance that deftly delivers all the snappy repartee and crackling sexual chemistry of Nora Ephron at her cinematic rom-com best while also offering readers a beautifully crafted love letter to the many joys of New York City."" -- Booklist ""You won't want to put this down."" -- Marie Lu, #1 New York Times bestselling author, on Lightlark ""Will have you gasping then swooning."" -- Chloe Gong, #1 New York Times bestselling author, on Lightlark ""If the Hunger Games were a dark fairy tale, you'd get the vicious and enchanting Lightlark."" -- Adam Silvera, #1 New York Times bestselling author ""A rich and enticing fantasy."" -- Elle on Lightlark ""I couldn't turn the pages fast enough."" -- Sabaa Tahir, #1 New York Times bestselling author, on Lightlark

"""This book is voicy, refreshing, and with two lovable lead characters who have the kind of chemistry that makes you never want to stop reading! Summer In The City is full of banter, sizzling, and so immersive, it made me feel like I was walking around New York. Pure, steamy fun, and the perfect summer read! I adored every word, and I hope Alex Aster never stops writing romance!!"" -- Ali Hazelwood, #1 New York Times bestselling author ""You won't want to put this down."" -- Marie Lu, #1 New York Times bestselling author, on Lightlark ""Will have you gasping then swooning."" -- Chloe Gong, #1 New York Times bestselling author, on Lightlark ""If the Hunger Games were a dark fairy tale, you'd get the vicious and enchanting Lightlark."" -- Adam Silvera, #1 New York Times bestselling author ""A rich and enticing fantasy."" -- Elle on Lightlark ""I couldn't turn the pages fast enough."" -- Sabaa Tahir, #1 New York Times bestselling author, on Lightlark"

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Alex Aster is a #1 New York Times and internationally bestselling author whose books have sold millions of copies and have been translated into over twenty languages. She studied creative writing at the University of Pennsylvania, lives in New York, and is never too far from a coffee shop.

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