โA modern day Youโve Got Mail.โ Reader Review, โญโญโญโญ
Two rival bookstore owners. One chance for a happily ever after...Bookshop owner Lexi Austenโs problems are stacking up. Her dating life is a mess and Sam Dickens โ devastatingly handsome, arrogant, and fiercely competitive rival bookshop owner โ is hellbent on stealing all of her customers.
Frustrated, Lexi turns to her shelves for answers. And what have the classics taught her? That when lovers start as enemies, thereโs no distraction quite like love...
Lexi plots to charm Sam: she invites him to a ball (well, a party), drags him to a dance class (does it matter if itโs not a quadrille?) and swoons into his arms while taking a turn in the park (note: next time, make sure he isnโt holding a hot drink).
As their rivalry reaches scorching levels, itโs not just Lexiโs beloved bookshop at stake, but her heart too...
A charming, bookish enemies-to-lover romance, perfect for fans of Emily Henryโs Book Lovers and Sally Thorne's The Hating Game.
Tropes:
- enemies-to-lovers
- small town
- opposites attract
- slow burn
- HEA guaranteed
Readers are head over heels for Bookishly Ever After:โLoved the characters and the setting.โ Reader Review, โญโญโญโญโญ
โEnemies to lovers? YES. Bookish vibes? YES.โ Reader Review, โญโญโญโญ
โI love a book about books. I love enemies to lovers. This book delivered what it needed to keep me entertained and it is cute AF!โ Reader Review, โญโญโญโญ
โThis had serious Youโve got Mail vibes but with a twist. I loved the descriptions of the cosy bookshop.โ Reader Review, โญโญโญโญ
โThe ultimate will they, wonโt they book!โ Reader Review, โญโญโญโญ
โFilled with delicious moments of cheekiness, flirtatious banter, and chemistry.โ Reader Review, โญโญโญโญ
Mia Page is a pseudonym for Claire Handscombe, a British writer who moved to Washington, DC in 2012, ostensibly to study for an MFA in Creative Writing, but actually โ letโs be honest โ because of an obsession with The West Wing. She is the author of Unscripted, a novel about a young woman with a celebrity crush and a determined plan and Girl, Unstrung, a YA novel about a teen violist, and the editor of Walk With Us: How The West Wing Changed Our Lives. Recently back in London after three happy years as a bookseller at East City Bookshop in DC, she also writes the If You Love That, Read This newsletter, and hosts the Brit Lit Podcast.