Beg, Borrow, or Steal
A Novel
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Two feuding second-grade teachers (and neighbors) find themselves teaming up in this new rivals-to-lovers romance set in Rome, Kentucky—from the New York Times bestselling author of The Rule Book and Practice Makes Perfect.
“Sarah Adams writes books with heart and soul. They speak to the people finding their way and being unapologetically themselves in the process. I love her style.”—Hannah Grace, author of Icebreaker
Emily Walker hates having her carefully crafted world disrupted by anyone, most of all her legendary nemesis, Jack Bennett. He’s the opposite of the wonderful heroes she dreams up in her double life as a romance writer, which is why Emily was perfectly happy when Jack left Rome, Kentucky, mid-school year with his fiancée. The last thing Emily saw coming was Jack’s return at the start of the summer after calling off the wedding and ending his relationship, but he’s here to stay—as her colleague and her neighbor.
Jack is glad to be back, eager to renovate his house and work on the next mystery novel under his bestselling pen name. But when he realizes he’s now neighbors with the one woman who has always pushed his buttons, he discovers something he’s even more excited about—thwarting Emily and her petty plans to sabotage his return.
With their chemistry-fueled animosity at an all-time high, Emily accidentally sends an email to their school’s principal that could reveal her secret literary side hustle. She needs to steal back her manuscript, and Jack—she hates to admit—is just the man to help her. Surprisingly, he agrees. Will their unlikely alliance put an end to their rivalry? Or could it lead to a steamy plot twist they never saw coming?
Look for all of Sarah Adams’s When in Rome books:
WHEN IN ROME • PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT • BEG, BORROW, OR STEAL • IN YOUR DREAMS (Coming Soon!)
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This action-packed rom-com from Wilkens (If I Stopped Haunting You) follows archaeologist besties Louise Morganstern and Isadora "Isi" Ross. Isi's Cherokee mother, an archaeologist herself, disappeared somewhere in the mountains of Georgia while Isi was in college, and is presumed dead—but Isi still has questions. Though her lifelong friendship with Louise has been rocky for the past few years—in part due to the fact that they're both repressing feelings for each other—the pair are brought back together by the discovery of Isi's mother's journal. The diary may lead them to the truth about her whereabouts—and to the lost Cherokee gold she was looking for. But a group of ruthless treasure hunters are also on the trail and kidnap the women hoping for intel. Isi and Louise manage to escape but now must follow the journal's cryptic clues with limited supplies and pursuers hot on their heels. The lovely and often steamy friends-to-lovers arc that unfolds in the midst of this danger is only marred by how long it takes the heroines to own up to their emotions. The adventure story, meanwhile, rivets, with well-earned nods to Indiana Jones and respectful treatment of Native culture and tradition. Readers won't want to put this down.
