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Nothing Like the Movies

Pages
464
Published
2024
Language
English

Synopsis

Wes Bennett and Liz Buxbaum finally got together at the end of high school and started their freshman year together at UCLA — until Wes's father died and his mother withdrew, and Wes left school to go home to Nebraska and help raise his younger sister, breaking things off with Liz along the way. Two years later, Wes is back at UCLA with a shot at pitching for the baseball team, and he's determined to win Liz back with the grand, rom-com-worthy gestures she's always loved. But Liz has spent two years protecting her heart, and getting it back won't be as easy as Wes hopes. Told in alternating points of view, Nothing Like the Movies is the second-chance romance sequel to Better Than the Movies.

About the author

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Lynn Painter

Lynn Painter is an American author of romantic comedies for young adult and adult readers. Born in Champaign, Illinois, she settled with her family in Omaha, Nebraska, where she still lives and writes as a community columnist for the Omaha World-Herald. Her young adult debut, Better Than the Movies (2021), found its audience through BookTok and spent years on the New York Times young adult bestseller list; a sequel, Nothing Like the Movies, followed in 2024. Her other young adult novels, publish...

Characters

Wes BennettProtagonist

Returns to UCLA two years after leaving to care for his family following his father's death, determined to win Liz back with grand romantic gestures.

Liz BuxbaumProtagonist

A UCLA student working for the athletic department, still guarding her heart after Wes broke things off two years earlier.

All characters in Nothing Like the Movies

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