The Next Round

By Eva Frances

Book Overview

Shortlisted for the RWA Diamond Heart Award, Winner of the Holt Medallion Best First Book & Emma Award Debut Author of the Year. Breathtaking friends-to-lovers, second-chance romance. Perfect book club read for fans of Christina Lauren, Emily Henry, Ali Hazelwood, and Abby Jimenez

Winner - HOLT Medallion Award - Best First Book
Finalist - HOLT Medallion Award - Long Contemporary
Winner - Emma Awards Best Debut Author of the Year
Finalist - Emma Awards - Romantic Comedy
Winner - Passionate Plume Award - Contemporary
Winner - IndieReader Discovery Award - Romance
Finalist - RWA Diamond Heart Award - Contemporary Romance
Finalist - Feathered Quill Awards - Romance
Finalist - American Fiction Awards - Romance
Finalist - Independent Author Network Book of the Year Awards - Romance
Finalist - Literary Global Book Awards - Fiction/Romance
Finalist - DWRI Romance Book Literary Awards
Finalist - Reader Views Reviewer's Choice Literary Awards - Romance
Finalist/RunnerUp - LA Book Festival - Romance
Honorable Mention - Beach Book Festival - Romance
Honorable Mention - New York Book Festival - Fiction

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Shaken and stirred.

Five years is a long time between drinks for old friends.

Meet Andreia Herrera. Strong-willed and foul-mouthed. A PR executive, but a writer and designer at heart. Generous but stubborn. Judgy, by her own admission.

Shaken by a series of heartbreaks, Andie's fear of jumping into new relationships has her running away to keep her distance from the possibilities of love, especially with her old friend, Chris Vaughn.

Meet Christopher Vaughn. The reluctant CEO-in-waiting and heir-apparent to his family's bar and restaurant empire. Passionate about two things: his family's legacy and Andie.

After five years apart, Andie and Chris are unexpectedly thrown together in a messy mix of professional and personal circumstances as they work on the launch of a new bar establishment. Is this their chance to re-ignite their complicated friendship and heal the rupture from the last time they saw each other?

The heady cocktail of familiar warmth, heated conversation, and undeniable chemistry upends the neat rhythm of Andie's life and has her questioning what she really wants: friendship-or maybe even more, this time around.

Can Andie face her demons and move beyond her deep-seated fears to finally take the leap of faith and meet Chris halfway? Is it possible that the person who knows her best might be the love she's been missing?

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"A contemporary romance that will take your breath away. A feel-good book with a casual vibe that screams summer reading by the pool with a fruity cocktail in hand. Between the novel's breathtaking setting, the multidimensional (and aesthetically pleasing) characters, and the stirring romance, you'll get all the feels you need from this endorphin-boosting prose."
-Reader Views Reviewer's Choice Literary Awards for Romance (Finalist)

"Real people inhabit this love story; the dialogue sparkles, the situations are down to earth, and the characters, easily relatable."
-IndieReader Discovery Award for Romance (Winner)
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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1763776557
• ISBN13: 9781763776555
• Release Date: December 2024
• Publisher: Eva Frances
• Length: 444 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"