The dazzling new love story and Reese Witherspoon’s pick from the TikTok sensation and bestselling author of Beach Read and Funny Story.

An IMMEDIATE NO.1 LAWSKEDOS IN THE SUNDAY TIMES!

‘Emily knows how to craft a love story like the immortal classics’ -- Taylor Jenkins Reid, bestselling author of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

‘A new Emily Henry novel is an event, marking bigger days and summer promises’ -- The Skinny

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When Margaret Ives, the famously reclusive heiress, invites the eternal optimist Alice Scott to the mild Little Crescent Island, Alice knows this is her big chance. And even rarer: an opportunity to impress her family with a Major Publication.

The catch? Pulitzer Prize winner Hayden Anderson is sure of the same thing.

The proposal? A one-month trial period to uncover the truth behind one of the most scandalous families of the 20th century, after which she will choose who will tell their story.

The problem? Margaret only gives each of them tempting pieces. Pieces that cannot be put together due to an ironclad NDA and an awkward desire that arises every time they are in the same room.

And it becomes increasingly clear that their story – like the story Margaret weaves – could be a mystery, a tragedy, or a love ballad… depending on who tells it.

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‘With a delicious slow-burning romantic plot, a perfectly grumpy hero, and a setting that comes alive, this checked all my boxes’ -- Lorie Gilmore, bestselling author of The Pumpkin Spice Cafe

‘One of my favorite authors’ -- Colleen Hoover, bestselling author of It Ends With Us

‘I love each of her books more than the last’ -- Ali Hazelwood, bestselling author of The Love Hypothesis

‘An extensive, sweeping love story that also feels so intimate and tender… Beautiful.’ -- Bolu Babalola, bestselling author of Honey and Spice

‘No one writes chemistry like Emily Henry.’ -- Beth O’Leary, bestselling author of The Flat Share

FIVE-STAR READERS’ REVIEWS

‘Loved it, loved it, loved it and expected nothing less because it’s Emily Henry.’ Reader

‘My favorite from this must-read author’ Reader

‘Definitely delivers slow-burning, sexual tension and romance’ Reader

‘Did I finish the GBBL or did it finish me? … I enjoyed it’ Reader