All's Fair

Prickly and fiercely self-sufficient Layla agrees to three dates with the annoyingly charming photographer who sees right through her to decide if one unforgettable night can turn into something more before he leaves for good in the third and final book of the Invincible Summer series by Carina Gaskell.

Layla has survived by needing no one. The protector in every room she walks into, she has learned that softness is a liability, that her sharp edges keep her safe, and that charm—especially the effortless and flirtatious kind that Lucky seems to have been born with—is almost certainly a trap. Then one unexpected summer night changes everything between them, and Lucky, with the audacity that is apparently his defining characteristic, proposes a wager: three dates, three chances, and if she still feels nothing, he'll leave her alone. She agrees, of course, but mostly to prove him wrong.

What Layla doesn't expect is that Lucky is more than who she thought he was. There is nothing he won't do to win her heart and prove that she's safe with him—but love takes two, and with the clock ticking to Lucky's departure from Dalisay, Layla is forced to confront her own walls to break out of them and give him an answer before summer ends.

All's Fair closes the Invincible Summer series with the book readers were anticipating from the moment Lucky and Layla appeared on the page. Featuring an emotionally guarded woman and the man patient enough to wait at the gate, All's Fair is the most emotionally layered novella in the series, delivering the heartbreak and the yearning that readers had been hoping for since book one. It's a pitch-perfect series finale: joyful, a little devastating, and utterly worth the wait.