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- Subgenre
- romance
- Edition year
- 2022
- Spice
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Izzy, a young Black publishing-house assistant, seizes a chance for promotion by traveling to reclusive, jaded author Beau Towers's Santa Barbara mansion to coax his overdue manuscript out of him. Their forced proximity over the writing project slowly thaws his standoffishness, and as the manuscript deadline approaches, the two discover shared vulnerabilities and an unexpected romantic connection that wasn't there at the start.
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- Forced Proximity: “All she has to do is go to the author's Santa Barbara mansion and give him a pep talk or three.” source
- Grumpy x Sunshine: “He is jaded and withdrawn and―it turns out―just as lost as Izzy. But despite his standoffishness, Izzy needs Beau to deliver, and with her encouragement, his story begins to spill onto the page.” source
- Slow Burn: “as their deadline nears, Izzy and Beau begin to realize there may be something there that wasn't there before” source
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