Tropesick
A gorgeous, sweeping, forced-proximity second-chance love story
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- Pre-Order
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- Expected 18 Jun 2026
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- 49,00 kr
Publisher Description
'Prepare to be swept off your feet' B.K. Borison
'This one is special, and I'm going to think about it forever, probably' Lyla Sage
In this lush, slowburn romance, two heartsick exes unite to co-write a romance novel, and soon realise that the tropes they're writing go well beyond the page . . .
When romance-novel obsessed ghost writer Katie Caruso waits in a New York City café to meet her next writing partner, the last person in the world she expects to see is her own ex-childhood sweetheart, Tyler McNally.
Years of heartache and yearning have only strengthened the forcefield that seems to exist between them, and time has done little to heal the rift. The pair haven't seen each other since the tragic death of Katie's older brother. Tyler was her brother's best friend, and Katie - naturally - was the girl next door.
But despite both their bitter complaints at the reunion, the agent who hired them won't let them off the job.
Soon, they're working on their co-written romance novel in forced proximity, and realising that's not the only written trope that's coming to life . . .
READERS LOVE TROPESICK
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'THE YEARNING. I simply may never recover from having read this.'
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'The dual timelines, the slow burn, the emotional weight . . . it all builds into something so beautifully layered. And that twist?!'
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'This book completely wrecked me in the best way possible. This was such a brilliant, beautifully written love story that tackled second chances, grief, and addiction in such a raw and realistic way.'
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'This book will crack you right open - it just feels so rare and special. I wish I could read it for the first time again.'
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'I can confidently say this book has officially ruined me - in the most glorious, emotionally devastating, heart-expanding way possible. It has already secured its place as one of my absolute favourite romances of 2026.'
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
There are multiple layers of metafictionality to this clever romance about romance from Okie (The Best Worst Thing). Katie Caruso makes a perfectly good living ghostwriting for the famously reclusive romance author Meredith Bradford. However, the latest project comes with a wrinkle: thanks to tight deadlines, Katie has been assigned to work with a partner. This turns out to be literary fiction author Tyler McNally—Katie's deceased older brother's best friend and her former crush. Despite their rocky history, the two agree to work together on Meredith's next book, a trope-filled love letter to Southampton. As their project proceeds, Katie and Tyler experience the very tropes woven into their plot (which, as it happens, is also about authors), each explicitly called out by Okie and her characters. Their "grumpy/sunshine," "brother's best friend," and "girl next door" dynamics lead to a classic "second-chance romance" that ramps up a notch when circumstances necessitating they both take up residence in Meredith's luxurious estate leave them in "forced proximity." There's a late twist about Meredith that many readers will predict, and all the fourth-wall breaking can get to be a lot, but Katie and Tyler's chemistry is undeniable as they work through lingering grief and trauma to arrive at a predictable but satisfying destination. Fans of the growing self-referential rom-com subgenre will want to check this out.
