Book Lovers

Nora Stephens is a cutthroat literary agent, not the sweet small-town heroine who gets swept off her feet in the novels she sells. So when her sister Libby drags her to the tiny town of Sunshine Falls, North Carolina, for a month-long escape, Nora doesn't expect a fairy-tale transformation — and she certainly doesn't expect to keep running into Charlie Lastra, a brooding big-city editor she already can't stand.

But the more their paths cross, the harder it is to remember why they're supposed to be enemies. As Nora tries to give her burned-out sister the perfect getaway and untangle her own fear of being left behind, she starts to wonder whether the woman who never gets the guy might be writing her own story wrong.

Emily Henry's sharp, funny, and surprisingly tender romance is a love letter to books, to sisters, and to the people who don't fit neatly into anyone else's plot.