Only Lovers in the Building
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4.0 • 2 Ratings
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- $12.99
Publisher Description
An Instant USA TODAY Bestseller!
"This is the beach and pool read of the summer! Fun and sexy with a delicious slow-burn that revolves around a lovable cast of characters.” —Karen Booth, author of Not So Fast
Wanted—no, NEEDED: a summer escape with beach reads, cocktails…and a little romance on the side.
After her legal career comes to a sudden and humiliating end, Liliane Lyon books a restorative summer rental at The Icon, a quintessential Art Deco building in Miami Beach, where her only plan is to bask in the sun, read, and sip cocktails. But soon she’s enchanted by the colorful community, including university professor Benedicto Romero—resident tortured poet, whose sole intention for sabbatical is to indulge in brooding introspection.
When they discover a shared passion for romance novels, Lily and Ben are soon spending hours reading together by the pool, the spark between them unwittingly giving the other residents the impression that they’re experts in matters of the heart…no matter that IRL their disastrous love lives bear little resemblance to the stories they’re reading.
But while Ben and Lily can pinpoint a trope a mile away and give excellent advice to others, they can’t make sense of the sizzling chemistry between them, and the suggestion of a professional podcast suddenly forces them to consider the long-term. So what if it means working even closer together! So what if their banter makes Lily's head spin! It’s the summer of taking chances, but a word to the wise: Miami isn’t the place for growth and rebirth. It’s the place to get messy.
For fans of: Slow Burn Friends to Lovers Close Proximity Beachy Reads Books About Books Black Love Eccentric and charming characters ala Only Murders in the Building
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This sultry standalone from Gonzalez (the Miami Famous series) finds 30-year-old attorney Lily Lyon on a business retreat at a swanky Miami hotel when she sees pictures on Instagram of her college ex's wedding and realizes her job is holding her back from living her life. So she quits, takes a room in a gorgeous art deco building for the summer, and decides to finally make her way through her long to-be-read pile, posting updates to social media as she goes. Though attracted to her new neighbor, Ben Romero, Lily initially resists his allure. Then she learns that Ben is a PEN Award–winning author of literary fiction, and he's eager to join her in her summer reading. The pair bond poolside over romance novels, and the honest joint reviews they post online land them their own podcast to talk about books. As the pair cross the line from friends to lovers, Lily befriends other residents of the building while falling completely for Ben and fearing summer's end. Gonzalez makes clear the instant attraction and physical chemistry between Ben and Lily while taking her time to explore the complexity of their emotional relationship. The tropical Miami backdrop lends an escapist feel to this wining love letter to the romance genre.
